Barcelona Airport (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL), commonly known as El Prat Airport, is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, among the municipal terms of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi.
The airport is the second largest in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport, and the first in Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast. It is a main hub for Spanair and Vueling Airlines, and a focus city for Air Europa and Iberia Ai...
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Barcelona Airport (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL), commonly known as El Prat Airport, is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, among the municipal terms of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi.
The airport is the second largest in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport, and the first in Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast. It is a main hub for Spanair and Vueling Airlines, and a focus city for Air Europa and Iberia Airlines. The airport mainly serves domestic, European and North African destinations, also having minor flights to Southeast Asia, Latin America and North America.
The Barcelona-Madrid air shuttle service, known as the "Pont Aeri" (in Catalan) or "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally "Air Bridge", was the world's busiest route until 2008, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) in 2007. The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when a Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2...
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