Airlines, airports demand overhaul of EU biometric border checks
European airlines and airports are calling for structural changes to the EU’s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), warning that border queues…
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EU lets 9 Schengen countries delay full EES biometric checks
The European Union has allowed at least nine Schengen countries to postpone full enforcement of its new Entry/Exit System (EES)….
IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the European Union to extend temporary flexibility measures for its biometric Entry/Exit…
Cyprus, Kazakhstan accelerate biometric border automation
Cyprus is deploying biometric automated border control (ABC) gates at Larnaca and Paphos airports as it prepares for accession to…
EES faces more operational constraints at checkpoints
The biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) which is live at several airports across the Schengen zone is said to be facing…
Czech police say secunet cuts border processing times under EES
Having deployed biometric technology from Germany’s secunet in adapting to the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), border police in the Czech…
Getlink says unstable EU software could delay biometric border checks
The European Union’s Entry/Exit System could be delayed for the Channel Tunnel, the undersea railway tunnel that connects the UK…
France praises EES performance despite congestion across EU travel hubs
France has defended the rollout of the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES), even as airport chiefs across Europe urge Brussels…
EES faces fresh political pressure despite security gains
Airport and airline operators continue to be at loggerheads over the EU’s EES system as a first-person account sheds light…
EU decides not to suspend the EES even as it admits difficulties
The European Union has decided to press ahead with biometric border controls despite admitting “20 difficult spots.” Airports and airlines…
