‘Stop pretending’ EU entry-exit system is working, top European aviation head demands

The European Union's entry-exit system (EES) became fully operational on 10 April - (PA)

The head of Europe’s aviation trade association has told EU ministers to “stop pretending” that the region’s new biometric border control system is “working just fine”.

Stefan Schulte, president of ACI Europe, called on the European Commission to deliver a new aviation strategy that restores Europe’s “competitiveness” at ACI Europe’s annual assembly in Prague on Tuesday.