Mess in the airports: some tips for traveling more serenely

GDreams, lack of staff, saturation of facilities disrupt the fluidity of airports, for which at best flight delays and at worst service cancellations are the rule. A single glance each day at the Paris-New York bulletin board shows that there are no flights less than thirty minutes late on departure. This does not mean that this delay is found on arrival: it can be made up if the winds over the Atlantic are favorable and if air traffic control remains fluid. The real punctuality for the passenger remains however that observed at the exit of the airport, delivered luggage and completed immigration formalities. And not a few purely technocratic indicators.

In the aftermath of the pandemic, airports in Europe have been surprised by…