Holidaymakers headed to Spain in the next couple of weeks could face long queues as travel bosses call for action.
Major queues formed at airports this weekend, as thousands of passengers faced long waits at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport on connecting flights in Terminal 1 and Terminal 4. And an industry expert has warned that incoming holidaymakers in the near-future could lead to a similar problem across a number of Spanish airports.
As reported by Birmingham Live, popular holiday destinations like the Balearic Islands and Alicante could be among the areas hit with long airport queues due to a lack of resources.
The president of ALA, the Spanish association of airlines, Javier Gándara, said that the situation was "completely unacceptable", reports Majorca Daily Bulletin.
Mr Gándara claimed that there are not enough members of the National Police, and so tourists on intercontinental flights are finding it difficult to catch their stopovers on time due to the long queues at checkpoints.
The travel boss warns that a Large influx of British passengers could extend this possible problem further than the Barajas, and may impact the Balearic and Canary Islands, Alicante and Malaga.
"We are asking for the necessary resources to be put in place to be able to meet demand," He stated, stressing that more than 80 percent of international visitors travel to Spain by air. Gándara said he doesn't want Spain to have a reputation for "endless queues or missed connections" describing it as "the last thing we need".
This comes after reports that holidays in Majorca will be around 33 percent more expensive in 2023 compared to last year. Palma beach travel boss Juan Ferrer told German newspaper Bild that he hoped the increased prices of hotels would mean better services.
There have also been attempts in the Balearic islands to reduce crowding with an "absolute ceiling" on tourist numbers this year. The future maximum number of holidaymakers is set to be 16,475,579, the same amount that arrived on the islands in 2022.
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