Passengers have faced queues of up to two hours at major European airports this summer following the rollout of the EU’s new electronic border system.
Peak waiting times at Frankfurt Airport hit 120 minutes in July, double the 60-minute maximum recorded a year earlier.
Munich also saw its longest queues almost double, rising from 31 minutes to an hour, while maximum waits at Amsterdam airport climbed from 80 minutes to 120 minutes.
The travel industry has repeatedly warned that the new system could cause lengthy delays and bottlenecks as airports struggle to process passengers quickly enough.
The figures, from travel analytics group Qsensor, were
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