Will entry-exit system apply if cruise ends in Barcelona?

Q I am worried about the impact of the new EU entry-exit system on our return home from a cruise, which ends on 6 November in Barcelona. Airlines never seem to let us check in more than two hours before the flight departure. Will we really have enough time to go through the new procedures? And will the airlines adapt their procedures to accommodate these new requirements?

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Tony L

A Since Covid no single subject has dominated the electronic mailbag so heavily as the entry-exit system. Also, we are only slowly finding out what it will mean for travel. So I make no apology for returning to the issue. Happily, several hours of investigation at Prague airport - where EES has been introduced - have given me some clarity on how the system is likely to work. The headline for you is: don't worry.