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Queues ease at Lisbon airport

Maximum waiting times fall to around one hour after Schengen system suspension and reinforcement of border controls, airlines say.

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Portugal Decoded
Jan 09, 2026
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Queues at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport have eased significantly in recent days, with maximum waiting times now down to around one hour, according to the president of RENA – Associação das Companhias Aéreas em Portugal.

Paulo Geisler told ECO that delays are now limited to “some one-hour peaks”, a sharp improvement on the s…

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