Chaos at Ben Gurion Airport: Check-in for flights halted due to congestion, huge queues on site

A crisis at the height of summer at Ben Gurion Airport: an internal message to staff instructs them to stop check-in for upcoming flights due to full capacity in the sorting channel. Heavy queues also at security screening and in the arrivals hall, where passengers wait over an hour and a half for luggage. The duty manager stated that there is no estimate for a return to normal operations.

An unusual crisis at the height of summer at Ben Gurion Airport: an internal message distributed to staff at Ben Gurion Airport instructs them to stop check-in procedures for upcoming flights. The directive was given after the airport's sorting channel reached full capacity and is unable to accept additional suitcases. For now, this involves heavy congestion and delays, not flight cancellations. Concurrently, long waiting times are recorded at security screening, and in the arrivals hall, passengers wait over an hour and a half for luggage. The duty manager stated that there is no estimate for a return to normal operations.