Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, wants to reduce capacity further. A corresponding application is to be submitted to air traffic control next week, which will result in the reduction of the maximum number of flight movements. Lufthansa welcomed the plan in a press release. Operator Fraport explained, among other things, that the aim of this measure is to stabilize flight operations. In an initial measure, the so-called coordination threshold was already reduced from 106 to 96 flight movements per hour. Now the number of take-offs and landings is to be reduced as soon as possible to 88. The aim is to handle fewer aircraft, especially during rush hours. Due to an acute shortage of staff, which cannot be resolved at short notice, bottlenecks regularly occur. This means that planes in Frankfurt are delayed because there is no staff available for loading and unloading or other services. There are also often long waiting times at security checks. Furthermore, Fraport AG wants to ensure that other airlines, in addition to Lufthansa, significantly reduce their services and also shift some flights to the less used off-peak times. The crane group has already canceled more than 6.000 flights from Munich and Frankfurt that were planned for July and August 2022. The trend is increasing, as it was only this week that it was announced that the red pen had been used again. For status, first and business class customers, using Frankfurt am Main Airport can also be associated with inconveniences, as Fraport AG will temporarily no longer offer a security fast lane. This step is justified, among other things, by the fact that it will ease the tense situation.