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Old Jun 8, 2022 | 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by spainflyer
Spanish National Police (who control the immigration kiosks at Spanish airports) have just announced that they will add 500 police officers to 12 airport delegations, 200 of them at Madrid / Barajas. This after Iberia publicly complained that more than 15,000 passengers on Iberia Group flights had missed their onward connections in the past three months, due to lack of staffing at immigration points. If you want to see what it can look like at Barajas: https://www.epe.es/es/economia/20220...jeros-13791820
I am so glad that my very first experience of MAD arr Friday and dep Monday was nothing like that photo! Only hold up was picking up hire car at Avis in T4 car park! There was only about 8 people in front of us and it took an hour!
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