long lines on the T4 of Madrid-Barajas airport this Monday morning police passport controlby airline Iberia. The main user of the Madrid ‘centre’, automatic control shutdown The number of passports caused large queues to access the terminal and some flight delays. In particular, according to Iberia’s version, it was always between 10 and 12 am, when there were problems with passengers on flights. Miami, Chicago and Buenos AiresWaiting for these passengers was delayed, 10 minutes before the departure time of the plane, where 100 people disappeared.
According to Iberia, although this Monday the issue is focused on the automatic control machines that are closed, the main Spanish airline guarantees: “before blessed week there are few soldiers National PoliceAt Madrid airport, which has caused 15,000 disconnections since March 1. Ministry of Interior “vehemently reject being produced queues or delays at passport control At Spanish airports, “some police filters, they say,” passenger flow”. These same sources claim that such information “circular news what are they feeds on interest”.
this connecting passengers According to airline sources, they account for around 30% of Iberia’s traffic at Madrid airport and about half of international flights. For these passengers, the minimum time required between the arrival of one flight and the departure of the next flight, 45 to 55 minutes 165 minutes for the airline itself and for any other company connecting to an Iberia flight within Terminal 4 or, in the absence of it, from T4S and any terminal.
At the end of March, Airline Association (ALA), an organization that brings together companies that add 85% of air traffic in Spainalready warned about one congestion problem inside passport checks and called home office a increase the number of soldiers Police at airports with high density international traffic To guarantee “fluid traffic” in the face of Easter and the high summer season. In this case, the demand from airline employers came after “alarming saturation” was detected in the airline’s border filters. Malaga airportuntil “wait” one and a half hours”.
According to the ALA, “since last summer” “Malaga, Alicante, Tenerife Sur, Madrid airports or Balearic and Canary Islands airports” have had problems. saturation in controls especially passport holders charged for departure United Kingdom The European Union’s qualifications after Brexit third country Who is it first issuer of tourists It travels to Spain and therefore requires these travelers to go through the relevant passport control upon arrival in Spain.
President of ALA and also managing director of EasyJet for Spain and Portugal, javier gandaraclaimed in a video strengthen “policing provision” at border controls at airports to avoid those queues” or “exceptionally, just like Portugal, it will allow this summer” British travelers can use automatic machines passports used by community travelers “to avoid issuing Bad view It is announced to all tourists visiting our country.