MAJOR airports in Spain are introducing Brit-only border control to avoid travel chaos this summer.
New EES requirements have resulted in large queues at airports for British holidaymakers.
According to local media, the Spanish operator Aena has revealed that four airports will adapt their security and border control for Brits.
These airports are in Ibiza, Menorca, Malaga and Palma, Majorca.
It’s set to be put in place to ease the queues caused by new EES rules.
These will have a single access point to non-Schengen boarding zones to be used only by UK and non-EU passengers.
There’s concern that the new EES requirement is causing delays in airports and will only grow during peak travel times, like the summer holidays.
Officials have expressed their worry that queues could be up to four hours or more.
The changes form part of Aena’s huge investment plan to its airports set to take place between 2027-2031.
These airports will use the investment ‘redesign control areas to improve passenger flow’.
They will allocate 29 per cent more space for passengers to ‘ensure smoother processing and better service quality’.
Malaga Airport could receive €1.5billion (£1.3billion) which could see it double the size of the terminal and increase capacity to handle 36million passengers each year.
Palma Airport (called Son Sant Joan) could receive €621.6million (just over £544million) for upgrades.
The investment is set to go towards the airport’s platforms, runway and taxiway pavements, taxiways, and renovation of boarding bridges.
In the case of Ibiza, the investment is set to be €229.7million (£201million), and in Menorca, the investment will reach €170.7million (£149million).
It will also include the adaptation to border control regulations to improve its efficiency.
At all four of the upgrade plans at these airports include allocated areas for Brits and non-EU passengers.
In order to fund the investment, Aena has proposed an average annual increasing its fees for airlines.
This hasn’t been well-received by the likes of Ryanair which has planned to axe over a million seats to certain Spanish routes, with some being cut down or cancelled completely.
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