Summer holidays have been saved from flight cancellations due to jet fuel shortages - but British travelers face lengthy delays for post-Brexit passport checks

British tourists should expect long airport queues due to new biometric border checks

Summer holidays have been saved from flight cancellations due to jet fuel shortages - but British travelers face lengthy delays for post-Brexit passport checks

Europe’s new EES border checks may cause airport queues of up to six hours this summer, IATA warns, urging travellers to arrive much earlier for flights.

Rafael Schvartzman, International Air Transport Association (Iata) vice-president for Europe, said the new Entry Exit System (EES) could create 'challenging' queues.

‘Aviation is being treated as a political football’, said Iata vice president

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Small airports, particularly in Spain, Portugal and Italy, are likely to see bottlenecks - be cautious travelling during peak times