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Brits brace themselves for busiest day at UK airports since before the pandemic

Cirium is expecting 3,000 flights to take off from UK airports on Friday, while RAC say 19.2m will be hitting the roads for leisure trips to make the most of long-awaited sunshine, also making it the busiest late May bank holiday since the pandemic

Daily Mirror

EU expected to delay fingerprinting and facial recognition checks at Dover

Exclusive: move predicted after fears extra checks could mar travel to 2024 Paris Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Travellers crossing Channel from UK face 90-minute delays on Good Friday

Ferry operators expect bank holiday weekend to be busy with ‘large queues’ at entrance to Dover port

The Guardian - UK

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Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays

Exclusive: ‘When they knew we were having challenges, they actually turned up with more people to better support us’

The Independent UK

Port of Dover boss promises smoother weekend for travellers heading to France

Exclusive: ‘As it stands right now, Good Friday is going to be the busiest for coach traffic,’ says Doug Bannister

The Independent UK

Why is there gridlock at Dover again and will it always be like this?

Post-Brexit passport rules mean it typically takes 20 minutes to process passengers on a coach – far longer than before

The Independent UK

Why is there gridlock at Dover again and will it always be like this?

Post-Brexit passport rules mean it typically takes 20 minutes to process passengers on a coach – far longer than before

The Independent UK

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Brexit not to blame for Dover chaos, says Suella Braverman – who claims smooth operations since EU exit

Things have been ‘very smooth’ at border since Brexit, claims home secretary

The Independent UK

Port of Dover working to clear backlog after travellers left waiting for as long as 14 hours

Frustrated passengers have described the situation at the port as ‘carnage’ and ‘a shambles’

Evening Standard

A celebration of Brexit benefits for travellers

The Man Who Pays His Way: Ministers say leaving the EU ‘has given the UK a world of future opportunities’. So I have tracked down the travel advantages

The Independent UK

Brits warned Dover chaos could last 'very long time' with new post-Brexit processes

Doug Bannister, CEO of the Port of Dover, has expressed concerns that the time it takes to process a car at Dover will increase from around 90 seconds to 10 minutes when the European Union's incoming Entry/Exit System is brought in

Daily Mirror

UK holidaymakers could face 'major delays' when entering EU in new border trial

Trials for the EU travel system will be rolled out before its launch next May.

Daily Record

Trials for new EU border system which risks 'significant disruption' for UK holidaymakers

There are fears families heading abroad next summer will face long delays

Wales Online

Trials for new EU border system which could cause ‘continued disruption’

Port of Dover officials have been invited to Calais to view tests of technology for the EU’s incoming Entry/Exit System

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The Independent UK

Port of Dover fears ‘significant and continued disruption’ from EU Entry-Exit system

Port’s CEO Doug Bannister warns MPs that checkpoint times for motorists leaving the UK could increase seven-fold

The Guardian - UK

EU biometric entry system could multiply delays at Dover

Additional requirements would be time-consuming and threaten capacity, Dover port boss says

Evening Standard

Port of Dover chief warns tougher passport checks could cause long delays for travellers

A proposed tougher new system of passport checks to enter Europe threatens to cause long delays for travellers unless potential problems are ironed out in advance, a travel boss has warned.

Evening Standard

Go on holiday to Portugal to avoid Dover queues, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

This comes as the AA has issued an amber traffic warning for heavy congestion over the weekend

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The Independent UK

Will Dover and Folkestone travel chaos continue and is Brexit to blame?

The UK asked for an European Union external frontier, similar to the hard borders the EU has with Russia and Turkey, to take effect in Kent

The Independent UK

French to blame for travel chaos at UK ports, claims Jeremy Hunt

‘There is a lack of willingness in the French government to be cooperative with Britain in any way at all’

The Independent UK

Will Dover and Folkestone travel chaos continue and is Brexit to blame?

The UK asked for an European Union external frontier, similar to the hard borders the EU has with Russia and Turkey, to take effect in Kent

The Independent UK

Dover becomes ‘hotspot of holiday hell’, but queues easing after three-day gridlock

The equivalent to more than 200 miles of holidaymaker and freight traffic had been processed through the weekend up until Sunday morning

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers warned there is a way to go to clear Port of Dover backlog

Travellers got out of their vehicles to stretch their legs while traffic was at a standstill in queues on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Dover: Busiest day since 2019 begins with go-slow

Exclusive: ‘I’m so terribly sorry for all the travellers caught up in the severe disruption yesterday’ – Doug Bannister, CEO, Port of Dover

Reuters

UK holidaymakers face more long delays at Port of Dover

Long queues of holidaymakers and lorries built up on Saturday outside the Port of Dover, Britain's main gateway to Europe, and officials said the disruption could be worse than the logjam seen on Friday.

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