- Ryanair has identified several European airports, including Tenerife South, Palma, Alicante, Malaga, Milan Bergamo, Krakow, and Paris Beauvais, as unprepared for the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES) border checks, warning of significant delays this summer.
- The budget airline attributes the anticipated delays to insufficient staff, kiosks, and system readiness at these airports, urging passengers travelling between Schengen and non-Schengen destinations to arrive earlier.
- Ryanair has called for European governments to postpone the full implementation of EES until September to prevent “passport queue chaos” and avoid stress for travellers during the peak season.
- Separately, the chief executive of the Port of Dover, Doug Bannister, warned of “repeated episodes of severe congestion” throughout the summer, predicting long queues spilling onto public roads due to EES.
- The EES, fully implemented in April, requires non-EU travellers, including those from the UK, to have their fingerprints and photographs taken upon entering the Schengen Area.
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