Writing jointly to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the heads of ACI Europe, Airlines for Europe (A4E) and Iata said that with wait times of up to five hours at peak times, the sector had reached "a critical point" and required an "immediate intervention".
Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI Europe, Ourania Georgoutsakou, Managing Director of A4E, and Thomas Reynaert, Iata's Senior Vice-President of External Affairs, said the current implementation of EES was creating "severe operational consequences" putting border authorities, airports and airlines under "unsustainable pressure".
