Portugal and Italy have followed Greece in ditching new EU border checks, and Spain could be next.
New Entry/Exit System (EES) rules dictate that all non-EU visitors go to specific kiosks at airports and border crossings to submit their biometric data – facial scans and fingerprints.
However, the changes have sparked chaos at major airports across Europe, with huge queues and long delays.
Greece has ditched the checks until September, and Portugal is now waving passengers through gates when queues get too big.
The Daily Mail now reports that France, Croatia, and Spain could follow.
Seamus McCauley, of travel company Holiday Extras, said: “Countries are not going to sit back and let Greece take their trade because they won’t face EES delays at airports. To do so would be politically toxic as jobs are on the line.
“The rollout has been an utter fiasco. British tourists are worth €3.5billion a year to the Greek economy and it has rightly decided it will not jeopardise that because EES is not working properly.”
Ryanair has also urged popular holiday destinations to ditch the checks.
Chief Operations officer Neil McMahon said: “Governments are attempting to roll out a half-baked IT system in the middle of the busiest travel season.
“Passengers are paying the price, being forced to endure hours-long passport control queues and, in some cases, missing flights. The solution is simple – governments should suspend EES until September.”