Brit vacationers informed to ‘anticipate hell’ as a result of ‘nightmare queues’ at in style airport
A UK traveller has shared footage of enormous queues at Tenerife South Airport, warning holidaymakers to ‘expect hell’ as the spring travel rush kicks off
UK tourists have been told the queues are “hell” (stock image)(Image: Anadolu, Anadolu via Getty Images)
British holidaymakers have been warned about hellish airport queues as the spring travel rush approaches. Ashleigh Wylie was recently forced to deal with the “horror” scenes at Tenerife South Airport, in Spain.
She warned Brits planning on using the popular travel hub to prepare for “hell”. In a post on TikTok, she said: “Make sure you get there early.
“We thought we beat the rumours after we got through security then walked out of duty free to this!” The post also featured a clip of the massive queues awaiting those hoping to travel to the UK, reports the Manchester Evening News.
The video has since accumulated thousands of views with many people responding with a range of views. One person replied: “Non EU queue, EU queue is fine.”
Another contributed: “I’m put off going to Tenerife now. That looks horrendous.”
A third person appeared to share a comparable view, commenting: “Never again do I want to experience this. The emotions going through my mind yesterday was horrendous.”
Meanwhile, a fourth contributed: “We had the same issue yesterday! Nightmare.” Yet another observed: “Love Tenerife, hate the airport.”
However, it’s clear that not all holidaymakers have encountered the same situation at the airport. Some insisted they faced no difficulties during their recent journeys.
Providing a different perspective, one traveller revealed: “Just got through security in about 10 minutes. Think it all depends on the day you fly.”
Another contributed: “Flew back Friday evening back to Gatwick at around 6.50pm. Got through within 10 minutes. No problems at all.”
Yet another pointed out: “UK flights come in batches. Just look at departures and avoid the big waves of UK flights.”
One more also weighed in: “We arrived Thursday morning and left Sunday midday last weekend, and we had no queues. It’s just luck of the draw how many flights are there at the same time.”
Tenerife South Airport confirmed that while the airport has supplied the required infrastructure, the oversight of border control remains under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior.
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