The EU’s new biometric border system is causing waits of up to two hours at major airports, with Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Munich among the hubs reporting the biggest delays.
Euronews – Europe’s new border system is turning passport control into a serious headache, with peak queues at some of the continent’s busiest airports as much as doubling.
Data shows that the biometric EES, which requires non-EU travellers to register fingerprints and facial scans, has seen queue sizes soar, as well as passengers missing flights.
The study by UK-based newspaper the Financial Times and travel analytics group Qsensor shows that in Frankfurt, the average wait time reached 120 minutes in July, up from 60 minutes the same month last year.
At Munich airport, waits are up to 60 minutes from 31 last year and, in Amsterdam, maximum waiting times have rocketed from 80 to 120 minutes in the same period.
