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Staff shortage continues to disrupt Amsterdam Schiphol

Staffing shortages at Amsterdam Schiphol continue to impact airlines that were asked to cancel their flights for eight hours on September 12 due to a lack of adequate security personnel.

“After weeks of improvement, Schiphol did not expect to have to take these measures again,” the airport said in a statement, warning that travellers could face long waiting times again.

Schiphol said airlines that heeded the request would be compensated, as well as travellers who missed their flight due to long queues.

The airport asked airlines to cancel all flights between 1600L and 2300L (1800Z and 0100Z) on September 12. According to Radarbox ADS-B data, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was forced to cancel almost 60 flights in those seven hours. More than 20 other airlines were affected, including Transavia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, easyJet, Air Malta, TUI fly (Germany), Lufthansa, TAP Air Portugal, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Austrian Airlines, flybe., Vueling Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, ITA - Italia Trasporto...

Germany's Lufthansa private again after state bows out

Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) is back in private hands after the German government disposed of its remaining stake in parent Deutsche Lufthansa AG one year before the deadline, netting a profit of EUR760 million euros (USD760 million) in the process.

In a statement, the country's Economic Stabilisation Fund (Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds), commonly known as WSF, announced it had sold its remaining 9.92% share to international investors. The withdrawal of the state through the WSF followed the successful stabilisation of the airline group following the Covid pandemic, it said.

"The total proceeds of EUR1.07 billion (USD1.07 billion) generated for the WSF from the sale of its stake significantly exceed the EUR306 million (USD306.1 million) invested to acquire it," said Jutta Doenges, who is responsible for the WSF as managing director of the finance agency. With this outcome, "the participation of the WSF ends, and the company is back in private hands," she said.

Having stepped in to rescue Germany's biggest airline when Covid restrictions grounded air travel, the WSF in June 2020 acquired about 20% in Deutsche...

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