Passengers awaiting flights at the Airport of Faro they are doing it outdoors, as the “provisional structure” promised by the Airport's management has not yet been assembled.
O Sul Informação he was at the site about half an hour ago and found, as can be seen in the photos, that the airport terminal was closed for security reasons, due to forecasts of a new storm, but hundreds of passengers are now waiting for the buses that have them. -to take you to the Pier area – where check-in and security procedures are carried out – in the open air, standing and unable to shelter.
Airport Source Faro, contacted by Sul Informação, limited himself to saying that «the installation of the provisional structure is planned» and that «the processing is proceeding as planned».
Mary MacCalister, who accompanied a family member leaving for London, told the Sul Informação that this situation of passengers having to wait outside is “bizarre”. "My relative has small children and if it starts to rain what do we do?", asked the British woman.
the airport of Faro it closed the terminal at 12:00 and announced the change of the check-in area and security procedures to a «temporary structure» set up in car park P6 to «to safeguard the safety of passengers and employees who work there», due to bad weather forecasts.
ANA Aeroportos announced, in a statement, that these measures were taken after «the safety conditions of the Airport of Faro given the weather forecasts for today in this city, wind gusts in the order of 65 km to 100 km per hour are expected».
Passenger processing will thus be carried out from the Airport's P6 Car Park, where, as ANA guaranteed in a statement received at 11:46 am, "a temporary reception structure is set up".
Passengers will then be transported to the Bus Terminal Pier, where segregation, passenger check-in and security procedures will be carried out.
Processing, check-in and security and border control will be done at the Pier in designated rooms.
The airport has planned 122 movements and by 11:00 am, 28 departures have already taken place. 12 movements will be processed per hour (6 departures + 6 arrivals).
Double the time in the processing of passengers and delays in both departures and arrivals is expected, for which ANA Aeroportos de Portugal «regrets the inconvenience caused».
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