Government plans to recruit several thousand from Turkey as airline industry struggles to meet demand
Germany is planning to launch a temporary foreign workers scheme to offset acute staff shortages at the country’s airports over the summer months, ministers have said.
Employers would have to pay workers collectively agreed wages and provide them with accommodation, Heil said.have been struggling to readjust as demand for international travel bounces back from a two-year pandemic hiatus this summer.by the German Economic Institute found German airports were short of 7,200 ground staff and flight attendants after many workers left their jobs during the pandemic and have since found work in other sectors, for example with rail companies or in online retail.
A spokesperson for the interior ministry said temporary foreign workers would not be recruited to work in airport security screening, which requires longer training times and higher levels of security clearance, but more low-skilled roles such as baggage handling.