Lisbon Airport
Ryanair denounced delays of up to 90 minutes, over the weekend, in the border control of the airports of Lisbon, Porto and Faro, due to the lack of employees, and appealed to the government to “take immediate measures”.
In a statement issued this Wednesday, the Ryanair denounced recurring delays at Portuguese airports.
The low -cost airline indicated that between July 11 and 13, “more than 120 passengers lost their flights from Porto, Faro and Lisbon airports due to excessive delays in border control,” caused by the lack of employees.
At the same time, “passengers who arrived in Portugal faced waiting times up to 90 minutes in passport control,” says Irish airline, stressing that These “are not isolated cases” .
The Irish company called on to the Portuguese government to “urgently solve these personnel problems, especially during the high summer time, when passenger volume hits its peak.”
Lose people and lose Portugal
Ryanair thus asked the executive led by Luís Montenegro Take “Immediate measures”.
The airline also emphasizes that if measures are not taken “Delays will continue to occur and more passengers will eventually lose their flights unfairly” – what .
Parliament approved on Wednesday the creation of the National Unit of Foreigners and Borders (UNEF) in PSP, with the favorable votes of the PSD, arrives, IL and CDS and the abstention of PS and JPP.
In early June, the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luzhe said that the problems with queues at the Lisbon and Faro airports should be resolved for the next two weeks, after the entry into operation of a new system. But This does not seem to have been fulfilled.
The statements arose after the successive disclosure in the previous weeks of Images of long rows of passenger from outside countries From the Schengen Space at Faro and Lisbon airports, which expect several hours for immigration control.
