All we all know as Brit vacationers hit with new airport ‘early as attainable’ rule

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The European Union’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) has caused travel disruption at border control across European and UK airports as airlines urge UK travellers to arrive as early as possible

1. Airlines including TUI, easyJet and Jet2 have released updates and travel advice following the European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES), urging travellers to arrive at the airport as ‘early as possible’.
2. Brits heading abroad have encountered major travel chaos after the launch of the European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES).
3. Accounts of mammoth border control queues at both European and UK airports, along with missed flights, have surfaced as thousands of holidaymakers grapple with the new digital border system for the first time.
4. The EES, which was fully implemented on Friday, April 10, requires all Brits travelling to the Schengen area to “create a digital record” and register their biometric information, including fingerprints and a photograph.
5. This must be completed during their first arrival at the airport border within the Schengen area, and once registered, the EES remains valid for three years.
6. The government has emphasised that the EES “may take each passenger extra time to complete, so be prepared to wait longer than usual at the border.”
7. Yet travellers have described gruelling delays of up to three hours and missed flights, leading airlines to provide essential guidance to passengers as they wrestle with the new digital border system.

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