{
  "id": 13811045,
  "title": "Iberia asks to activate a new passport control in T4 to gain long-haul flights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/iberia-pide-activar-un-nuevo-control-de-pasaportes-en-la-t4-para",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-11T21:45:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/transporte/2026/10/11/6acb4896e5fdea4f7e8b457a.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Iberia and other airlines have asked the Spanish Interior Ministry to staff the new passport control area in zone H of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas airport with agents. This would allow for faster processing of flights to the UK, Ireland, US, and Canada, and free up space in the satellite terminal to increase long-haul connections. The new area, which cost around €1 million to build, has been ready since April and features 10 traditional police booths and automated passport control systems. The airlines estimate that up to 50 flights per day, carrying around 7,500 passengers, could use the new zone.",
  "summary": "The positions in T4 for non-Schengen flights are finished, but they do not have agents. The sector calculates that capacity could be increased on around 50 daily flights.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}