What's passport control like at Palma now?

[ryansclan]

It might be worth noting that the airport operators appear to turn the passport machines off at midnight and resort to manual staffing at 2 booths. We were unfortunate to be on a very delayed flight last Saturday and watched the 'machine advisors' go home at midnight. Some of the poor families with children on late night/early morning arrivals had to wait in fairly considerable queues to get through.

 

[marilyn]

I didn’t know they turned the machines off at midnight. Worth knowing When I travelled with my daughter and granddaughter in April I through the automatic scanning booth and there was no delay but she had go to the manual booth. I was told that anyone under 18 has to go through the manual booth. When I came back with a friend last week at midday no queues. It looks like it may cause problems during the summer though.

 

[P&C@29]

Glided through yesterday on our way home

 

[ryansclan]

Just to point out that it was the 'arrival machines' that we saw turned off the other night while we were waiting for a delayed flight home to UK. It might have been a 'one off' due to staff shortages??

 

[PP76]

We came home yesterday and had no queue at all.

 

[martinchip10]

Whizzed straight through yesterday morning in seconds. The automatic gates are great and their are 40 of them Plenty of staff around to help too.

 

[Rosie34]

No problems on Saturday although there was a very long winding queue at the side which I think we were once part of a couple of years ago.