UK Travellers Face 3-Hour EU Airport Warning as EES Delays Trigger Missed Flights
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 5
UK Travellers Face 3-Hour EU Airport Warning as EES Delays Trigger Missed Flights
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 5
Summary
Three steps top the advice for UK holidaymakers heading to Europe: arrive early, sign up for airline alerts and check insurance and ticket terms before travel.
EES border checks now require fingerprints and a photo with passport scans, and the added processing time — plus technical glitches — has already created long queues at some airports.
Wizz Air, Jet2 and Ryanair are telling many passengers to reach European airports about three hours before departure, while Eurostar says its ticketed arrival times already factor in EES and Dover says no more than two hours early.
A 90-minute queue in Rome left one UK family paying £250 for a replacement flight, and insurers say missed flights, hotels and other losses from EES delays are unlikely to be covered because the checks are considered routine.