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Text : El Prat de Llobregat (BCN)
Tel: (93) 298 3838. Fax: (93) 479 3902.
E-mail: bcninfofi@aena.es
Website: www.aena.es

The airport is located 12km (7 miles) southwest of the city centre and has three terminals (A, B and C). There are daily direct flights between Barcelona and more than 30 international destinations ? several further destinations are served by less frequent direct flights. The airport had over 22 million passengers passing through in 2003, compared with just 10 million in 1992, the year of the Barcelona Olympics. The airport ranks second in Spain and a third runway and a new offloading area have been planned for 2006, to cater for the increasing volume of air traffic.

Major airlines: Foreign airlines mostly use terminal A. International flights run by Iberia (IB), the national airline, usually use terminal B. Information on Iberia is available from Info-Iberia (tel: (902) 400 500; e-mail: infoib@iberia.com; website: www.iberia.com) or the travel office in Avenida Gran Via Corts Catalanes 629 (tel: (902) 400 500). Other major domestic and international carriers include Air France, Alitalia, BMI Baby, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta, easyJet, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, SAS, Spanair and Virgin Express.

Approximate flight times to Barcelona: From London is 2 hours; from New York is 7 hours 30 minutes; from Los Angeles is 13 hours; from Toronto is 14 hours 10 minutes; and from Sydney is 25 hours 15 minutes.

Airport facilities: BBVA bank (open Monday-Friday 0800-1500, Saturday 0800-1330 from October to March) and La Caixa (open Monday-Friday 0700-2300) offer banking facilities in terminals A and B. Bureaux de change (terminals A and B) are open 0700-2300. Car hire services are available from Avis, Europcar, Hertz and National Atesa. Other facilities include tourist information desks, open daily 0900-2100 (tel: (93) 478 4704), a hotel information desk (terminal B), duty-free shopping (terminals A and B), left luggage (Technical Block), post office (terminal B ? open Monday-Friday 0830-1430 and Saturday 0930-1300), shops, restaurants and bars. Terminal B has a chemist and there are 24-hour medical facilities in the Technical Block.

Business facilities: There is no business centre at the airport but various airlines offer access to the VIP lounges in Terminals A and B.

Arrival/departure tax: Included in the price of the ticket.

Transport to the city: A RENFE (tel: (902) 240 202; website: www.renfe.es) train leaves the airport for the city centre every 30 minutes daily 0613-2340, stopping at Central-Sants (journey time ? 17 minutes), Plaça de Catalunya (journey time ? 23 minutes), Arc de Triomf (journey time ? 26 minutes) and Clot-Aragó (journey time ? 30 minutes) for connections to the metro. The fare is ?2.20.

An Aerobús service (tel: (93) 415 6020; e-mail: info@emt-amb.com; website: www.emt-amb.com) runs to Plaça de Catalunya via Gran Via every 15 minutes weekdays 0600-2400 and every 30 minutes weekends 0630-2400 (journey time ? 15-30 minutes). The fare is ?3.45 (return ?5.90), payable by credit card.

Taxis to and from the airport charge a minimum of ?10. The ride to a downtown hotel will cost approximately ?20, including a ?2 airport supplement and a supplement of ?0.85 per suitcase. Taxi ranks are located outside the terminal buildings. 

    

      

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