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Passengers have been facing long queues for months. In exclusive statements to SIC, in London, the Secretary of State for Tourism, Pedro Machado, says he hopes the situation at Lisbon airport return to normal by Christmas.
The Government to resolve the problems at passport control at Lisbon airport, which have caused hours of waiting for thousands of passengers. The team wants to soon reduce the wait to “a maximum of 75 minutes”.
In exclusive statements to SIC, in London, the Secretary of State for Tourism says he hopes the situation at the country’s main airport return to normal by Christmas.
Pedro Machado wants, in the next 100 days, people to wait a maximum of 75 minutes. Afterwards, the waiting time should be reduced to a maximum of 55 minutes.
As long waits at Lisbon airport for non-EU passengers are generating alarm in the tourism sector. Passengers have been facing long queues for months, but the situation worsened in October with the new European system for entry and exit into the Schengen area.
The new European passport control system has delayed the process, affecting around 35 thousand passengers per day in Lisbon aloneaccording to the Hotel Association in Portugal.
Border control teamwill have to send daily reports to the Government
The new team created to manage passenger flows at border control at Lisbon and Faro airports will have to inform the Governmentdaily, on progress in reducing waiting times.
The Executive requires the team coordinated by the PSP to communicate daily waiting times, as well as any incidents that occur during departures and arrivals at airports.
The information is being advanced bywhich states that in periods of great pressure, contingency plans and reinforcement of resources will be activated.
