Ryanair passengers stranded in Greece due to passport control delays

Milo Boyd, a travel writer for the Daily Mirror, described a "mega queue" of several hundred people at Athens airport, with passengers pleading with airline staff to be allowed to board. He and his wife made it through just before the gate closed, but many others did not.

Ryanair stated that a number of passengers did not board on time due to delays caused by border control at Athens airport. The airport, however, cited "periods of congestion at passport control in the departures area due to high passenger volumes and the additional processing requirements associated with travel to non-Schengen destinations." They added that passenger flows on certain routes may experience increased processing times as new border-control procedures are implemented.

This incident follows previous reports of passengers being stranded due to long queues. In April, around 100 Easyjet passengers were left behind in Milan, and a Wizz Air executive advised British holidaymakers to arrive at European airports three hours in advance.