Lisbon and Faro airports adopted a new form of validation of documents that leaves passengers waiting up to 4 hours.
Since a week ago, Lisbon and Faro airports have adopted a new passport control system. But the choice did not go well for passengers, who have expected up to 4 hours in long lines apra validate their identification.
In fact, the internal security system had already warned increase of waiting times, And the problem, as it denotes, is aggravated due to the growing entry of people in the country.
And for the professionals who work at the airport the news is not pleasant: NAV, an entity that guarantees the provision of airspace services, admits that it is the prevent your workers from now to ensure that air traffic controllers can ensure validations.
The PSP union has already warned of the exhaustion of professionals. In a statement sent Monday to Lusa agency, ASPP/PSP is noteworthy that with the Summer proximity Diligences are needed to “overcome obstacles and mitigate damage with citizens, but mainly with PSP professionals”.
ASPP/PSP is aware that this situation is putting these police with added work, extending beyond normal time, cut off for the purposes of-this in a exhaustion picture (“burnout”) ”the union also states.
According to Miguel Quintas, from the National Association of Travel Agencies, this delay in validation of documents has a “obvious impact short -term, medium term and long term. ”
According to the expert, this situation translates into “Poor publicity” and “affects the investment that is made by tourism entrepreneurs, who try to attract customers to Portugal”.
