READ MORE UK tourist holidays to Majorca at risk as hotels warn of ‘big problem’<\/a><\/p>\nSpeaking about the EU\u2019s Entry Exit System, O\u2019Leary branded the rollout \u201ca s*** show and a shambles\u201d that has created considerable chaos at border crossings.<\/p>\n
He told the Times: \u201cThere\u2019s a bit of Brexit in this too. Here, you voted for Brexit – f*****g join the queue.\u201d<\/p>\n
While not limited to Spain, it is feared the EES will have a big impact on the European Union holiday hotspot given it tops the rankings for Brit tourism.<\/p>\n
ACI EUROPE and A4E leaders said: \u201cWe reiterate our call on the European Commission and Member States to extend the possibility to fully or partially suspend EES \u2013 where operationally necessary \u2013 during the entirety of the 2026 summer season.<\/p>\n
“This flexibility has proven vital in preventing catastrophic operational disruptions during the progressive roll out of the system.<\/p>\n
“If the technical and operational issues with EES are not resolved, this flexibility should remain available during future peak travel periods, such as winter 2026\/2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
Palma Airport, one of the most popular in Spain, explains: “The Entry\/Exit System (EES) is a new computerised system designed to monitor the external borders of the Schengen Area.<\/p>\n
“It keeps track of entries and exits of non-EU nationals who come to visit Mallorca and other EU regions for a short period of time.<\/p>\n
“When you cross a participating border, your passport details and biometric information (such as facial image and fingerprints) will be recorded electronically.<\/p>\n
“This replaces manual passport stamping for travellers from non-EU countries like the UK and many others.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boss of Ryanair has savaged the new European Union EES entry\/exit system. From Friday, April 10, Europe\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2001,1998,2000,333,1997,2002,1999,602,1996,1995,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-2722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-aci-europe","9":"tag-border-control","10":"tag-border-controls","11":"tag-european-union","12":"tag-michael-oleary","13":"tag-olivier-jankovec","14":"tag-ourania-georgoutsakou","15":"tag-ryanair","16":"tag-schengen-area","17":"tag-schengen-entry-exit-system","18":"tag-spain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}