It does vary — at times I was amongst the very few (Friday/Saturday/Sunday being the quietest days, at least by experience) whereas there were instances when the queue got all the way to the ING seating/internet point down to gate 26 (I think I was travelling with @yurtripper once and we both saw that so I’m not having a giraffe here, even though admittedly we were both slightly tanked ), sure thing the previous layout was much better in that respect. All-in-all, it is about time that they invest in passports e-gates, it’s 2019 and some airports (see FCO) would even allow US/Canada passport holders through the automated gates.

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