EES delays

[woody1]

EU press release today:

https://europeannewsroom.com/eu-comm...em-on-schedule

"EU Commission: New Entry System on Schedule"


Meanwhile, also from today...

EES suspended for 3 months at Lisbon

https://www.portugalresident.com/eno...lisbon-airport

[woody1]

Going to Tenerife for three months, from next Weds. Can't wait to spend 3 hours in a queue after a flight. Nice. Thanks Brext c**ts !

You might be ok now the outbound Xmas/New Year rush is over. From what I hear it's only a TSS if lots of full planes arrive around the same time.

[TestMangler]

my villa's in costa schitload

Sounds like a schithouse.....

[sadkingbilly]

You can easily get flights and accommodation in Costa Adeje for three months on a giro these days, dontcha know. If only the butler still signed on, he could come too.

my villa's in costa schitload

[TestMangler]

a schemie holiday? thought you were posh?

You can easily get flights and accommodation in Costa Adeje for three months on a giro these days, dontcha know. If only the butler still signed on, he could come too.

[sadkingbilly]

Going to Tenerife for three months, from next Weds. Can't wait to spend 3 hours in a queue after a flight. Nice. Thanks Brext c**ts !

a schemie holiday? thought you were posh?

[TestMangler]

Going to Tenerife for three months, from next Weds. Can't wait to spend 3 hours in a queue after a flight. Nice. Thanks Brext c**ts !

[woody1]

https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/12/2...ally-at-malaga

"According to the Portugal Post, 80 extra police officers were drafted in at Lisbon for a 15-day shift which has brought down the average wait to 60 minutes instead of the 3 to 6 hour wait passengers were suffering before, and now the airport has temporarily suspended the EES machine checks until after the Christmas period."

With my knackered knees, I don't think I'll be travelling to any Schengen country any time soon!

[sadkingbilly]

the gift that keeps on giving.
Thanks to the bus believers.

[woody1]

There's complaints about a lot of places having queues for registration. It's going to be fun travelling to the EU next year.

It's the "brits abroad" places that will suffer the most. I think I read that 30% through Malaga are brits, and I know with Lanzarote it's over 50%.

When they conceived the system, in the early 2000s, non-EU travellers in Schengen were a minority. We've thrown a spanner in the works.

Cyprus, and non-EU destinations like Turkey and Egypt might get a boost.

[ladymuck]

There's complaints about a lot of places having queues for registration. It's going to be fun travelling to the EU next year.

[woody1]

Seeing reports of 2-3 hour queues to get through immigration in the Canaries. Being a winter sun destination, it's high season at the moment.

EES only went live in October so summer destinations haven't been "stress tested" yet. Next July/August at the likes of Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Faro, Greek islands might be a wee bit challenging.