ABTA brought members together with the European officials leading the rollout of the EU's Entry/Exit System and ETIAS in a record-breaking webinar, part of a wider effort to help the trade prepare for the new border rules.
ABTA is bringing EU officials together for an exclusive members' webinar on the Entry/Exit System and ETIAS, helping travel businesses prepare their customers for the changes ahead.
Authorities across the EU share information through several large-scale IT systems to secure borders, fight crime, protect citizens and manage migration. Here is how the main systems fit together.
Entering the EU is set to become more complex for non-EU nationals, with the Entry/Exit System bringing biometric checks. Concerns range from long queues to scam websites — here is what to expect and how to stay safe.
According to The Times, UK airports are planning smart eGates with advanced facial recognition that could one day let passengers cross the border without ever showing a passport. Here is what is reportedly being considered and how it fits with the EU's new EES.
As of late 2023, the EU's new digital border system was earmarked to start in autumn 2024, requiring British travellers to give fingerprints and a facial scan on their first trip. Here is what the change was expected to involve.
Ryanair and other travel-industry voices have warned that the EU's plan to launch its Entry/Exit System at every frontier on a single day is risky and untested. Brussels insists there will be no soft launch when the biometric border system arrives in autumn 2024.
South America never built the dense rail networks of Europe or Asia, but a handful of surviving lines still offer some of the most memorable journeys on the continent. Here is where the trains still run, and how to weave them into a longer trip.
Meeting in Luxembourg on 19-20 October 2023, EU ministers weighed the internal-security implications of the Middle East crisis alongside the migration pact talks and endorsed a new timetable for Europe's digital border systems.
The EU's facial-scan Entry/Exit System was expected in late 2024, with one UK report pointing to a 6 October start. Here is what the system involves, who it applies to and how it links to ETIAS.