Glasgow Airport Passengers Warned of 6-Hour Airport Queues in This Holiday Hotspot
Rome’s airport said the new Entry Exit System has raised UK passport checks from 7 minutes to 20, with airlines pressing for a pause.
- Rome's Fiumicino Airport reported that border control wait times for Brits have risen from seven minutes to 20 minutes due to new Entry Exit System complexity, despite recent efficiency improvements.
- The digital Entry Exit System requires non-EU citizens entering 29 Schengen countries to register fingerprints and photos, a process causing severe, hours-long queues at European airports this summer.
- Travel advisors warned that Portugal experiences severe disruptions, with families enduring 6-hour waits at Lisbon, while Porto processes passengers 40% faster through EES than Lisbon.
- Major airlines, including Jet2 and Ryanair, have urged authorities to suspend the system until after summer to ensure a "smoother airport experience," with some threatening to pull flights.
- Airports are pressing The European Commission to allow states to proactively suspend EES during peak times, as currently only Sweden and Portugal utilize the recommended pre-registration app.
22 Articles
22 Articles
The Local - Dk
Airport bosses warn EU's new border checks triple waiting times for Brits
European airport bosses have warned that new EU border checks are significantly increasing waiting times for British nationals arriving in the bloc, in some cases tripling the average.
Noul sistem digital de control la frontiere al Uniunii Europene (Entry Exit System – EES) aprope că a triplat timpul necessar cetenilor britanici pentru a thirteen de controlul paşapoartelor, chiar şi după introducerea unor măsuri de optimizare, a declarat conductea aeroportului Fiumicino din Roma, BBC quote.
The European Union's new border control system has almost tripled the time it takes British travelers to go through passport control, even after some improvements have been made, the director of Rome's main airport has said, according to the BBC.
The Independent
The Independent (US)New EU border system triples times to get through passport control for UK
Boss of Rome’s main airport says aspects of the system need to be fixed ‘urgently’
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 76% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
