Faced with the increase in passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport, the Airports Authority (Rasht) claims a significant improvement in the ‘service stations’ in the departing passenger procedure: transit times between the various stations have been shortened | Over 2.1 million passengers on international flights will pass through the airport in July And what about the luggage that has not yet been returned to its owner?
Avi Yosef 31.07.2022
It probably just seems to you that the stay at the airport takes longer than other airports in the world. Today, the Airports Authority reports on the shortening of the waiting time in the process of departing flights at the airport. According to the Time Network, the duration of the departure procedure for a passenger departing for a flight is shortened by about an hour, despite the increase in the number of passengers leaving the country. Before Rashat’s data, from entering the terminal to boarding the plane, the procedure today is less than an hour and a half.
The month of July is one of the busiest months in Israel, and the measurements are carried out on the busiest days. The service times measured at the stations on the outbound passenger route decreased from 160 minutes to about 100 minutes (a little over an hour and a half). The measured time is the average transit time of a passenger (midway point between the longest time and the shortest time).
At Ben Gurion Airport, service times are continuously monitored at the various stations on the outbound passenger route – the measurements are made at peak times when more than 2.1 million passengers passed through Ben Gurion Airport per month. The transition for those who checked in from home and go through the express route without baggage via the W decreased from 33 minutes to about 20 minutes from the moment of entering the terminal to the duty free, as part of the security characterization (Station No. 1) the times decreased from June to July from an hour to 29 minutes ( The reason – a change in the KA and those who get stronger and the continued recruitment of KA and at the end of the various courses).
There is a substantial improvement in airline check-in through the ground services (station 2) from about 80 minutes to about 60 minutes – a joint effort is being made to recruit manpower for the ground services companies (jobs for Shabbat guards? Depends on who you ask). At station 3, when checking hand luggage, the time decreased from 13 minutes to about 10 minutes.
The existing improvement in July is, as mentioned, against an increase in passenger traffic.
Also, it was reported from the Israel Defense Forces that there was a 70% decrease in left luggage in Israel and that next week the luggage return operation will end.
The Minister of Transport and Road Safety, MK Merav Michaeli: “With hard and focused work, we managed to shorten the waiting times and the queues at the highway. I insisted on not canceling flights so that the Israeli public will not be harmed and will not pay more, and I insist that the freedom of flight will continue for each and every one while the responsibility is on us to improve the waiting times more and more. The Airports Authority took significant steps and, in accordance with my instructions, brought creative solutions that shortened the queues and improved the passenger’s route when leaving and entering the country. We will continue to make sure that the service will improve throughout the summer months, have a pleasant flight!”