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Advantage chief backs Ryanair plea to suspend new EU border checks this summer

Europe
James Chapple
1 May 2026

Advantage Travel Partnership chief Julia Lo Bue-Said has backed a plea from Ryanair to EU governments to suspend the rollout of the bloc's new biometric border checks.

Lo Bue-Said has called for EES to be suspended during peak summer
(Credit: Advantage Travel Partnership)

Lo Bue-Said has said there must be more flexibility in the system (Credit: Advantage Travel Partnership)

Lo Bue-Said said until the EU Entry-Exit System (EES) can be implemented "without a detrimental effect on the traveller experience", there must be greater flexibility.

She said pressing ahead while EES causes issues and disruption for travellers risks "undermining consumer confidence at a vital time" as travel heads into the summer peak season.

Ryanair on Thursday (30 April) called specifically on the French government to suspend the rollout of EES until September to ensure passengers, including young families, aren't "needlessly forced to suffer long passport control queue delays".