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Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system
The biometric Entry-Exit System has increased processing times by up to five times, causing queues of up to six hours according to Airports Council International Europe.
- Passengers say hours-long queues at Geneva Airport during the rollout of the Entry-Exit System, with social-media footage showing three-hour waits, airports blame the EES for congestion.
- EES rollout began in October and requires non-EU travellers to register fingerprints and a photo at kiosks in the Schengen area; it now operates at half of border points with a third of travellers using it.
- Industry figures note passenger processing times at border control have increased by four to five times, with typical waits up to two hours caused by border staff shortages and machine failures.
- The European Commission said member states can suspend EES at peak times until September, while ABTA urged contingency planning and airports try to add staff to ease delays.
- European Commission figures show the EES logged 23m entries and exits with 12,000 refusals, while airport groups warn of five-to-six-hour queue risk before full rollout by April 2026.
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