Airports demand hated EU border system is scrapped just days before summer holidays begin

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Airports demand hated EU border system is scrapped just days before summer holidays begin.

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The chief executive of a major European airports group has demanded the EU's contentious Entry/Exit System be scrapped just days before the summer holidays begin.Marco Troncone, who runs Aeroporti di Roma - which operates Rome Fiumicino airport - has blamed a design flaw in the EU's border check system for causing major delays.Mr Troncone said processing times have doubled since the entry/exit system (EES) was fully launched in April."We managed to optimise the process on our end bringing this to 90 seconds (down from two minutes) but it is still too high.

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This is of course not compatible with 50,000 to 60,000 passengers every day," the airport chief said.The system requires passengers to register provide both fingerprints and face scans for travellers outside the European Economic Area, which is then checked as they cross the borders of the Schengen free travel zone.The airport splashed out a hefty sum of £10million preparing for the widely-criticised EES - yet the long queues...

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