easyJet shared the ‘important update’ earlier this month

Kate Lally Content Editor

11:50, 17 Apr 2026

easyJet has issued an alert to passengers travelling to more than 100 destinations with the airline following a major rule change that has come into effect post- Brexit.

In an “important update” released earlier this month, easyJet warned that queue times may be affected, stating: “Airports across Europe may experience longer queues at passport control whilst the new European Entry/Exit System (EES) border checks are being completed. This will mean you may need to have your biometrics taken including your face and fingerprints scanned.”

Travellers have been advised to carefully plan their journey to and through the airport, taking into account the possibility of lengthier queues than they may have previously encountered. Anyone needing to use Bag Drop is urged to do so as soon as it opens, and passengers should ensure all necessary travel documents are readily accessible.

easyJet is also encouraging travellers to pass through security at the earliest opportunity and to make their way to the gate or boarding area as soon as it is announced. The airline further warned that there may be additional checks at passport control before reaching your gate, adding: “You may experience longer queues in your arrival airport”.

Full list of easyJet destinations under the new EES

  • Ajaccio, Corsica (AJA) – France
  • Akureyri (AEY) – Iceland
  • Alicante (ALC) – Spain
  • Almeria (LEI) – Spain
  • Amsterdam (AMS) – Netherlands
  • Athens (ATH) – Greece
  • Barcelona (BCN) – Spain
  • Bari (BRI) – Italy
  • Basel (BSL) – Switzerland
  • Bastia, Corsica (BIA) – France
  • Berlin Brandenburg (BER) – Germany
  • Biarritz (BIQ) – France
  • Bilbao (BIO) – Spain
  • Bordeaux (BOD) – France
  • Brest Brittany (BES) – France
  • Brindisi (BDS) – Italy
  • Brussels Intl (BRU) – Belgium
  • Budapest (BUD) – Hungary
  • Burgas (BOJ) – Bulgaria
  • Calvi, Corsica (CLY) – France
  • Copenhagen (CPH) – Denmark
  • Corfu (CFU) – Greece
  • Costiera Amalfitana Salerno, Naples (QSR) – Italy
  • Crete Chania (CHQ) – Greece
  • Crete Heraklion (HER) – Greece
  • Dubrovnik (DBV) – Croatia
  • Dusseldorf (DUS) – Germany
  • Evenes-Lofoten (EVE) – Norway
  • Faro (FAO) – Portugal
  • Figari, Corsica (FSC) – France
  • Frankfurt International (FRA) – Germany
  • Friedrichshafen (FDH) – Germany
  • Fuerteventura (FUE) – Spain
  • Geneva (GVA) – Switzerland
  • Gibraltar (GIB) – Gibraltar
  • Gran Canaria (LPA) – Spain
  • Grenoble (GNB) – France
  • Hamburg (HAM) – Germany
  • Ibiza (IBZ) – Spain
  • Innsbruck (INN) – Austria
  • Kalamata (KLX) – Greece
  • Kefalonia (EFL) – Greece
  • Kittila (KTT) – Finland
  • Kos (KGS) – Greece
  • Krakow (KRK) – Poland
  • La Coruña (LCG) – Spain
  • La Rochelle (LRH) – France
  • Lamezia (SUF) – Italy
  • Lanzarote (ACE) – Spain
  • Lille (LIL) – France
  • Lisbon (LIS) – Portugal
  • Ljubljana (LJU) – Slovenia
  • Luxembourg (LUX) – Luxembourg
  • Lyon (LYS) – France
  • Madeira Funchal (FNC) – Portugal
  • Madrid (MAD) – Spain
  • Majorca Palma (PMI) – Spain
  • Malaga (AGP) – Spain
  • Malta (MLA) – Malta
  • Marseille Provence (MRS) – France
  • Menorca Mahon (MAH) – Spain
  • Milan Linate (LIN) – Italy
  • Milan Malpensa (MXP) – Italy
  • Montpellier (MPL) – France
  • Munich (MUC) – Germany
  • Murcia Intl (RMU) – Spain
  • Mykonos (JMK) – Greece
  • Nantes (NTE) – France
  • Naples (NAP) – Italy
  • Nice (NCE) – France
  • Oslo (OSL) – Norway
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) – France
  • Paris Orly (ORY) – France
  • Pisa (Tuscany) (PSA) – Italy
  • Porto (OPO) – Portugal
  • Porto Santo (PXO) – Portugal
  • Prague (PRG) – Czech Republic
  • Preveza (PVK) – Greece
  • Pula (PUY) – Croatia
  • Rennes (RNS) – France
  • Reus (REU) – Spain
  • Reykjavik Keflavik (KEF) – Iceland
  • Rhodes (RHO) – Greece
  • Rimini (RMI) – Italy
  • Rome Fiumicino (FCO) – Italy
  • Rovaniemi (RVN) – Finland
  • Salzburg (SZG) – Austria
  • Santa Cruz de la Palma (SPC) – Spain
  • Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) – Spain
  • Santorini (JTR) – Greece
  • Sardinia Cagliari (CAG) – Italy
  • Sardinia Olbia (OLB) – Italy
  • Scandinavian Mountains (SCR) – Sweden
  • Seville (SVQ) – Spain
  • Sicily Catania (CTA) – Italy
  • Sicily Lampedusa (LMP) – Italy
  • Sicily Palermo (PMO) – Italy
  • Skiathos (JSI) – Greece
  • Sofia (SOF) – Bulgaria
  • Split (SPU) – Croatia
  • Strasbourg (SXB) – France
  • Tenerife South (TFS) – Spain
  • Thessaloniki (SKG) – Greece
  • Toulouse (TLS) – France
  • Tromsø (TOS) – Norway
  • Turin (TRN) – Italy
  • Valencia (VLC) – Spain
  • Venice Marco Polo (VCE) – Italy
  • Verona (VRN) – Italy
  • Vienna (VIE) – Austria
  • Zadar (ZAD) – Croatia
  • Zante Zakynthos (ZTH) – Greece
  • Zurich (ZRH) – Switzerland

The EES applies to 29 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The airports listed above are the Schengen area destinations served by easyJet from the UK, based on information available on the airline’s website at the time of publication.



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