{"id":127724,"date":"2022-06-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=127724"},"modified":"2022-06-07T23:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T23:59:52","slug":"long-lines-at-madrid-airport-prompt-hiring-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/06\/long-lines-at-madrid-airport-prompt-hiring-spree.html","title":{"rendered":"Long lines at Madrid airport prompt hiring spree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Long lines at the Madrid Barajas Airport in recent weeks should ease as the Spanish police work on hiring more staff to deal with the surge in tourism from the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a reinforcement of 500 new hires, more than 1,700 officials will work at Spain\u2019s busiest airports, including in Madrid and Barcelona, to control the flow of foreign tourists that has increased markedly in the past weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/spain-airport\/update-2-long-lines-at-madrid-airport-prompt-hiring-spree-to-deal-with-tourist-surge-idUSL1N2XU0Y5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/05\/barcelona-el-prat-airport-recovers-full-operability-of-its-terminals.html\">Barcelona-El Prat Airport recovers full operability of its Terminals.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long lines in Madrid are similar to problems at airports in Britain, Amsterdam and elsewhere in Europe due to travel resuming as the pandemic eases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further ease pressure on arrivals, a separate queue will be set up for British tourists, the biggest group of foreign visitors to Spain, so they can use electronic passport gates, a police source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iberia complained on Monday about delays and chaos at Madrid\u2019s Barajas Airport passport control and said around 15,000 of its passengers had missed their flight since March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/05\/10-year-old-boy-sneaks-onto-plane-at-iraqi-airport.html\">10-year-old boy sneaks onto plane at Iraqi airport to beg for alms.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanish Interior Ministry denied anyone had missed a flight at the airport, which is operated by Aena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn recent months the National Police has not registered a single complaint for missed flights,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Interior Ministry, around 18.7 million travellers will transit Madrid\u2019s Airport in June this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-198101c1     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 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