Originally Posted by
Curious Pax
You may want to have your blood pressure tablets handy if you’re talking about the Longtail flights. It emerged last week that they are now going to Bournemouth as the handling agent (Swissport I think) who had signed up for them changed their mind.
Cue much gnashing and wailing, but if they can’t get a handler what can the airport do in the current climate? Staff shortages and penalty clauses with existing customers won’t fill many handling agents with enthusiasm for ad hoc work.
All of the handling agents are under extreme staffing pressures at the moment and not just at MAN. Swissport are in a very dire situation at the moment and are causing severe knock-on effects that are effecting the whole airport. The last thing they need is the complexity of handling ad-hoc freighter flights.