Thousands miss holiday flights at understaffed Frankfurt Airport

Thousands of passengers were finally getting off the ground Monday after weekend crowds at security lines in Frankfurt Airport forced 3,000 people to miss their holiday flights. Lufthansa had hefty criticism for the country's biggest air hub for not having enough personnel on duty during the busiest weekend of the year. The security checkpoints at Frankfurt's Terminal 1, which handles many long-haul international connections primarily to Asia and the Middle East, were so backed up that many travellers had to wait more than 90 minutes to get through. According to Lufthansa, which also operates out of Terminal 1, this caused 88 flights to be delayed because when passengers could not reach their gates in time, their luggage had to be taken off the aircraft. <br/>