Contacted by the Lusa news agency following reports from passengers indicating that they had arrived in Lisbon at 6 am and at 11 am were still waiting in line at border control, an official source from ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal indicated that "the maximum waiting time for arrivals at Humberto Delgado Airport reached two hours, with a peak recorded at 8:30 am".

"At this moment, the maximum waiting time is below 60 minutes," added the airport manager.

Also contacted by Lusa, the PSP spokesperson, Sérgio Soares, corroborated that "the peak in the arrivals hall" at Lisbon airport was around 8:30 am, with about 2 hours of waiting, and that it is currently "approximately 30 minutes."

The official stressed that the PSP was at "maximum capacity" throughout the morning, on 29 March, at Humberto Delgado Airport, in line with the contingency plan drawn up for the Easter period, with "all available control posts in the infrastructure occupied by police officers" and a new border control zone, with 10 additional posts, also "completely full."

As he detailed, the contingency plan currently in force provides for a reinforcement of 30 police officers with border guard training at Lisbon airport and another temporary reinforcement of 15 agents in Faro, in view of the expected increase in passengers during the Easter period.

The objective is to ensure that "the average waiting time is as short as possible, without neglecting the security and resilience of the borders." Furthermore, a new border control zone has been activated at Lisbon airport, maximising manual control with 10 more stations and 'e-gates'.