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Ryanair urges EU to delay passport system amid six-hour queues

7/5/2026

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Ryanair warns that passport queues at Palma may be long, that six-hour waits could affect seven airports, and urges the EU to delay the Entry/Exit System (EES) until September.
Rome Fiumicino chief Marco Troncone reported processing times doubled after EES and €12 million was spent.
ACI Europe asked the European Commission to suspend EES through July-August.
Greek tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni said the EES should be rethought after Greece used the six-hour flex-pause.

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Ryanair warns that passport queues at Palma may be long, that six-hour waits could affect seven airports, and urges the EU to delay the Entry/Exit System (EES) until September.
Rome Fiumicino chief Marco Troncone reported processing times doubled after EES and €12 million was spent.
ACI Europe asked the European Commission to suspend EES through July-August.
Greek tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni said the EES should be rethought after Greece used the six-hour flex-pause.