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Barcelona International Airport known as El Prat serves Barcelona, Spain. It is located 10 km away at
the town of El Prat de Llobregat.
Barcelona El Prat Airport is
Spain's
second largest airport after Madrid Barajas International Airport. Barcelona El Prat Airport is the
largest airport on the country's Mediterranean coast, and it is a
hub for Spanair as well as low cost carrier: Vueling Airlines and
it is a focus city for Air Europa, Air Madrid and Iberia Airlines.
El Prat is the main airport for the city
of
Barcelona.
Its domestic flights are mostly operated by Iberia and Spanair. Barcelona El Prat
Airport also serves many European destinations.
Currently Barcelona El Prat Airport is undergoing a huge
expansion, with the construction of a new south terminal, between
terminals, expected to enter into operation in 2008.
During
2005, 27,131,445 passengers used El Prat Barcelona airport and it
is due to exceed 30 million passengers in 2006.
In 2005
4,571,073 passengers were transferred between Barcelona El Prat and
Madrid Barajas, making Barcelona-Madrid the busiest airport pair
in Europe. This route is called "Puente Aero" (Air Bridge).
Barcelona
's first airfield was located at el Remolar,
and began operations in 1916, however, it did not have good expansion
prospects, and the new airport at el Prat was opened in 1918. The
first flight was a Latecoere Salmson 300 which
arrived from
Toulouse. The airport was used as a base for
the Spanish Navy’s Zeppelin fleet. Scheduled commercial service
began in 1927 with Iberia's
service to Madrid.
In 1948,
the first overseas service was operated by Pan American World Airways
to New York,
using a Lockheed Constellation. A new control tower was built in
1965, a new terminal was built in 1968.(It is presently the older
wing of Terminal B.)
The airport
underwent a major development in preparation for the 1992 Summer
Olympics with the construction of a new terminal.
Since
then, significant increases in passenger numbers have necessitated
the need for further expansion including a new terminal building
and control tower. An additional runway has been built. Once these
developments are complete, the airport will be capable of handling
between 40 million and 55 million passengers annually (compare to
27.1 million passengers in 2005). The airport is slated to expand
in area from 8.45 to 15.33 km² by 2007.
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