Ryanair ends flights to the islands. He is fed up with the paralysis caused by the EU system

The new European Entry/Exit System (EES) is causing chaos at European airports and forcing carriers to take decisive action. Malta Air, a subsidiary of Ryanair, warns that it will close entire flight networks due to lengthening queues at the border. This may mean significant problems in getting to your holiday.

A popular holiday destination may disappear from Ryanair's flight network. Planes flying between Great Britain and Malta unfortunately have to face delays caused by the introduction of a new – biometric – control system at EU borders. This has significantly lengthened the queues – on average, tourists from third countries have to wait 40 minutes longer in Malta. And this is before the summer travel peak.

If we experience significant congestion and delays, we will be forced to redirect bandwidth to other destinations, which is something we would prefer to avoid […] Europe is completely unprepared, warned David O'Brian, CEO of Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air.

David O'Brien has also written to Maltese Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri to confirm that border controls will be fully staffed during the busy summer period. In turn, the airport staff assures that they are looking for ways to shorten queues. “Summer is the time when Malta must shine,” they add.

Ryanair CEO: You wanted Brexit, now stand in queues

His supervisor, Michael O'Leary, had previously spoken quite unapologetically on this matter. At the beginning of April he told the British directly: “There is also a bit of Brexit in all this. You voted for Brexit – then fucking stand in line.”

At the same time, however, he notes that the EES itself is a “failure and chaos”, and tourists should be prepared for long queues, especially during the peak holiday season. In his opinion, countries should decide to postpone the implementation of the system for five months, which is allowed by the EU. Then the deadline would fall in October, i.e. after the summer peak.

Problems with biometric controls at EU borders

However, the airport in Mata admits that border control is handled by the police, and they receive every possible assistance from the facility by providing appropriate infrastructure and monitoring arrivals in real time.

Other European airports face similar challenges. The airports with the greatest delays include:

• Amsterdam-Schiphol,
• Portuguese: Humberto Delgado, Francisco Sá Carneiro and Gago Coutinho,

where you have to wait up to two hours and the queues stretch all the way through the terminals (and even outside in the case of Lisbon airport).

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