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After 12 years of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have finalized new air passenger rights, including compensation for delays exceeding three hours and guaranteed allowances for personal items like backpacks.
Portugal has temporarily suspended passport checks for British travellers to alleviate significant airport congestion and border delays, reflecting broader systemic challenges within the Schengen Area.
António José Seguro concludes his first five-day Open Presidency, focusing on the Leiria district to address the aftermath of severe February weather and hear local grievances.
Among the measures agreed upon this Monday by the two European institutions is compensation for delays exceeding three hours.
The new rules on everything from baggage fees to compensation claims, will come into effect in 2027.
The compromise preserves several key elements of the current framework, including the three-hour delay threshold that grants the right to compensation.
Magnus Brunner argued that, overall, the new border control system “is working well,” noting that there are European airports where “the average processing time is 30 seconds.”
Reducing compensation to symbolic amounts strips the regulation of its primary purpose: consumer protection and accountability.
The US government has warned several European countries of the need for stricter restrictions on arrivals from African countries affected by Ebola, suggesting that otherwise it may condition the entry of European travellers, including for the football World Cup.
Travelers would retain the right to compensation of up to €600 when their flights are delayed or canceled.
The European Commission announced today that it has mobilised 25 Frontex agents and approximately eight million euros in infrastructure to support Portugal in border management, following issues identified with the new EU Entry/Exit System.
The decision was made due to issues identified with the European Union's new Entry/Exit System. “We have Frontex agents and experts on the ground supporting Portugal,” the commissioner revealed.
The European Commission is deploying 25 border guards and providing 8 million euros in funding to assist Portugal with border management.
The European Commission has confirmed that Portuguese authorities have the green light to pause the gathering of biometric information at airport facilities.
German airports are experiencing delays and queues at non-Schengen border controls due to the new European Entry/Exit System (EES), though without the scenario of dysfunction often associated with Lisbon airport. In recent months, several German media outlets have reported operational difficulties at airports such as Frankfurt, Berlin, and Munich, mainly related to...
The European Commission denies that the queues at airports in Portugal are caused by the new European Union (EU) Entry/Exit System, noting that the processing of registrations takes, on average, just over a minute.
The European Commission has assured that the waiting times are not related to the electronic system and states that “it is up to the Member States to ensure the correct implementation of the EES on the ground.”
The data comes a day after the European Commission proposed the creation of a single ticket for routes operated by different railway companies in the EU.
New rules would force major rail operators to share ticketing platforms with rivals and extend passenger rights across multi-operator journeys booked in a single purchase.
Commander José Correia Guedes reiterates that there is no shortage of aviation fuel in the European Union.
