Airlines, airports and tour operators are urging the European Union to suspend new security checks causing long delays for Australian and other foreign travellers.

Travellers have been told to pack food and water in preparation

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Airlines and airports say passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours for biometric checks

Global aviation chiefs warned Eurocrats in an open letter that thousands of holidaymakers faced being left stranded, with queues of more than five hours at passport kiosks.

New EU biometric checks are causing major disruption at airports across Europe, with passengers waiting up to five hours in line and some flights departing half empty.

New EU rules have left Brits facing summer holiday chaos, with five hour waits at passport control and missed flights.

European airlines and airports call for flexibility to suspend digital border system amid severe delays.

The digital system for checking non-EU travellers’ documents is creating bottlenecks and glitches just as the peak of the holiday season approaches. As queues grow longer and…

Airlines, airports and tour operators are urging the European Union to suspend new security checks causing long delays for Australian and other foreign travellers.

The airline said the digital border checks are causing queues and disruption at airports across Italy, Spain and France that are popular with Britons.

Ryanair has warned that families will “face passport queue chaos” with the new biometric border system, calling on European governments to halt the rollout until after the summer.

Hours-long queues and half full departure flights threatens summer chaos for travellers