Ozetta
Dutch news, in your languageThursday, 24 September 2026No. 16,928

Infrastructure

Hours of waiting, missed flights, and airline damage: queue chaos at Schiphol border controls is 'critical'

AD24 September · 09:143 hours ago

Six months after the implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES), Schiphol airport faces critical border control delays caused by frequent system crashes and software failures. Passengers face queues exceeding 90 minutes, leading to missed flights and operational disruptions, prompting authorities to temporarily halt planned expansions of facial recognition and fingerprint scanning.

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