Irish passengers have faced further airport chaos whilst making their way through Faro Airport in Portugal.
Portugal is one of Ireland's most loved holiday destinations, with thousands of passengers due to fly in and out of the hotspot over the coming months. However, it seems the airport is facing similar challenges to the rest of Europe as it deals with staffing shortages and Covid outbreaks.
One passenger, David Hall, said the airport was a "nightmare" and looked more like a "concert with the crowd".
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He told the Irish Mirror: "It took 45 minutes. It was very busy, I think, with many flights in. I arrived at 10.45pm with Aer Lingus on time and then arrived to passport control, and it looked like a concert with the crowd."
David said the queues for passport control were very lengthy and took a considerable amount of time to get through.
There were just four lanes open for UK visitors and even less for EU citizens, with just two lanes open.
David said: "Yes, their lane [UK] was quicker. They had them go to all passports and Irish/EU Lane. I went into their lane in the end as it was much faster, and they accepted my passport as all lanes seemed equal. Only staff had separated us."
In total, it took David 45 minutes to get through the passport queue. The news comes as Irish passengers face further disruption to flights due to strikes and possible cancellations.
Spanish Ryanair cabin crew have warned they plan to strike for 12 days this month. Any passengers whose flights are disrupted will be put on the next available flights.
However, Ryanair chiefs have said strikes in Spain should have little effect on flights to and from Ireland.
Dara Brady, director of marketing with Ryanair, said he is confident their passengers can travel without worry this month.
He said: "These Spanish labour strikes which have been called by two minority unions in Spain who represent a very small proportion of our people.
"We've had less than one percent disruption to our flights schedule over the past month as a result of these poorly supported strike actions and we are very confident that our Irish passengers will be able to travel in confidence throughout the month of July".
He added that the unions represent tiny numbers of Ryanair crews.
The strikes, called by the USO and SITCPLA unions, will take place from July 12-15, July 18-21 and July 25-28 across the 10 Spanish airports where Ryanair operates.
However, it is anticipated that Air Traffic Control (ATC) and airport staff shortages which are continuing to escalate across Europe, may cause some disruption.
This, the airline said, is beyond Ryanair's control, and passengers who are impacted will be notified of their entitlements by email or SMS.
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