EES Delays to Continue After Reports of 6-Hour Airport Queues - but How Long For?
Officials said the new Entry/Exit System could cause six-hour queues this summer as member states adjust to biometric checks.
- EU border agency Frontex official Uku Sarekanno, deputy executive director, warned that the new Entry/Exit System may not stabilise for two years, causing extended delays for UK travellers entering the Schengen Area.
- Member states are still 'struggling' to implement digital checks at approximately 1,700 border crossing points, Sarekanno explained, as the initial enrollment requiring fingerprints and facial images remains the most challenging hurdle.
- A Booking survey revealed that nearly three out of five UK holidaymakers travelling to Europe this year anticipate delays linked to EES, with almost half fearing they could miss flights.
- In April, more than 100 easyJet passengers missed a flight from Milan Linate to Manchester due to passport desk delays, prompting airlines to encourage arriving three hours before departure.
- Tim Alderslade, chief executive of industry body Airlines, criticised the rollout, stating: "If the EU's own expectation is that queues will last up to two years, that's not a teething problem — that's a serious policy failure.
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A new EU border system causing long delays for many British tourists may not "stabilise" for two years, according to a travel official.Uku Sarekanno, deputy executive director of EU border agency Frontex, said some member states are "struggling" to adopt the new Entry Exit System (EES).EES involves people from third-party countries such as the UK having their fingerprints registered and photograph taken to enter the Schengen Area, which consists…
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