Anyone been delayed entering the EU due to passport stamping? (2nd attempt)

[NotAllThere]

It's the will of the people. Although won't impact Tommy Two Names (while he still has his Irish passport), or most of the Fuhrage family.

I'm sorry but this is a serious issue. Even smegheads with Irish passports get delayed by being in a queue behind "I've only one passport" British folk. Frankly, they should be banned from travelling abroad at all!

[woody1]

If places, like Mallorca, want to reduce the level of tourism then it's within their powers to make it happen. Obviously they've got an issue with an economy and jobs so dependent on it. They could reduce visitor numbers, maybe without affecting the economy, by moving more upmarket (scaling back the budget end). Or they'd just have to find ways of diversifying away from tourism altogether (not easy).

When we first visited Lanzarote over 25 years ago, the airport was tiny. Over the years it has massively expanded. It was their choice to vastly increase capacity, and encourage mass building of tourist accommodation. If they want to halt further expansion, or even put this into reverse, then that's their prerogative but, given their geographical location, it will be even harder than it would be for Mallorca.

[sadkingbilly]

I'm sorry but this is a serious issue. Even smegheads with Irish passports get delayed by being in a queue behind "I've only one passport" British folk. Frankly, they should be banned from travelling abroad at all!

I agree - smegheads with Irish passports should be banned!

[vwdan]

Travelled abroad 3x times this year with the family and no major issues

[woody1]

Looks like it's just the airport in Lanzarote struggling with this.

[WTFH]

Looks like it's just the airport in Lanzarote struggling with this.

They have probably been trained by the people behind T5 baggage handling.

[Eirikur]

Travelled abroad 3x times this year with the family and no major issues

Amsterdam airport, a few weeks ago, myself and kids with EU passports were through in 1 minute. Wife, UK passport, 45 minutes, me and the kids went to a cafe and had lunch, my wife just queued.

[dsc]

There's normally separate queues for non-EU and EU, though some Brits still don't know which one to pick...Typically non-EU takes way longer as extra checks can be carried out, facial scanning (seems random, not every person), stamping etc. If there's a tulip ton of people in the non-EU one, well it just takes longer, so arrive earlier, it's not rocket science.

[woody1]

Turned out not too bad. No delay on the way in. Flight delayed 1 hour 20 mins on the way out due to shortage of Police Officers*.

My wife gets the Lanzarote Gazette emailed to her every week. According to one of their reporters, more Police Officers are deployed for arrivals, and anecdotally there also seems to be a pecking order with the airlines, with Ryanair seeming to come off the worse. This weekend 60 of their passengers didn't make it on to a plane. Alternatively, maybe they are just more concerned about taking off on time than leaving people behind?

One other thing we noticed is that a lot of the UK budget airline flights (Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2) were busing passengers to and from planes on the tarmac, whereas other operators like TUI and foreign carriers were using the jet bridges. Presumably, that's probably down to the amount they are paying the airport (ie. the cheapo option)?

* I don't know if this is the same with other Spanish airports but, in Lanzarote, only Police Officers can check and stamp passports

[NotAllThere]

Presumably, that's probably down to the amount they are paying the airport (ie. the cheapo option)?

Yup.