Lisbon Airport Queues Drop After Pausing Biometric Checks, Security Intact
Temporary halt to biometric border checks cuts Lisbon Airport queues to 25 minutes while Schengen security stays tight—what travellers in Portugal need to know.
Tracking transportation for Portugal — coverage from the newsroom in Lisbon.
Temporary halt to biometric border checks cuts Lisbon Airport queues to 25 minutes while Schengen security stays tight—what travellers in Portugal need to know.
GNR officers have cut Lisbon Airport waits to about one hour. Biometric Entry/Exit checks are paused as new recruits and upgraded e-gates arrive.
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Starting 6 Jan, Lisbon Airport adds 24 GNR border officers and pauses EU biometric Entry/Exit checks for 3 months; expands e-gates to shorten passport queues.