Tim Richards on Nostr: The two-step process of those gates seems ridiculously over-complicated. And I wish ...
The two-step process of those gates seems ridiculously over-complicated. And I wish they'd hurry up with implementing online declarations – I did one of those while in the air last time I visited New Zealand, and it was very easy.
"Australian travellers are being forced to wait in long queues at the nation’s airports because of failures with a digital passport processing system that has been riddled with technical faults despite cost surges of more than $120 million.
"The SmartGates system has been labelled embarrassing by the Australian Airports Association, which wants the government to urgently address the problems that have caused queues at Sydney and Melbourne to snake through terminals, leaving tired passengers stranded in delays after flights of up to 14 hours."
#travel https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bali-is-more-seamless-the-passport-processing-headache-greeting-australian-travellers-20250204-p5l9kd.html
"Australian travellers are being forced to wait in long queues at the nation’s airports because of failures with a digital passport processing system that has been riddled with technical faults despite cost surges of more than $120 million.
"The SmartGates system has been labelled embarrassing by the Australian Airports Association, which wants the government to urgently address the problems that have caused queues at Sydney and Melbourne to snake through terminals, leaving tired passengers stranded in delays after flights of up to 14 hours."
#travel https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bali-is-more-seamless-the-passport-processing-headache-greeting-australian-travellers-20250204-p5l9kd.html