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BARCELONA - Getting there by air
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El
Prat de Llobregat (BCN)
Tel : (93) 298 3838. Fax : (93) 298 3737- Website : www.aena.es
The airport is 13km (eight 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 more destinations are served by less frequent direct
flights. More than 16 million passengers used El Prat in 1998;
to cope with this demand, a third runway and more passenger
terminals are planned for 2004. |
Approximate
flight times to Barcelona : From London is 2 hours;
from New York is 7 hours 30 minutes; from Los Angeles is 13
hours 5 minutes (plus transfer); from Toronto is 14 hours 10
minutes (plus transfer); and from Sydney is 25 hours 15 minutes
(plus transfer).
Major airlines :
Foreign airlines use terminal A. International flights run by
Iberia (IB) - the national domestic airline - usually come into
terminal B. Information on Iberia is available from Info-Iberia
(tel: (90) 240 0500) or the travel office at Diputació
258 (tel: (93) 401 3381; e-mail: infoib@iberia.com; website:
www.iberia.com). Other major domestic and international carriers
include Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, Delta
Air Lines, EasyJet, Iberia, Go, KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines,
Lufthansa, Spanair, TWA and Thai Airways International...
Airport facilities : Banco Exterior de Espana
and La Caixa Bank (terminal B) are open Monday to Saturday 0900-1400.
Bureaux de change (terminals A and B) are open 0700-2300. Car
hire services are available from Atesa, Avis, Budget, Europcar,
Hertz and National Car Rental. Other facilities include tourist
information desks (tel: (93) 478 4704), a hotel information
desk (terminal B), duty-free shopping (terminal A), left luggage,
post office, lost property, shops, restaurants and bars. Terminal
B has a chemist and 24-hour medical facilities. Air France,
British Airways and Iberia all have VIP rooms at the airport.
Business facilities
: There is a business centre (tel: (93) 478 6799; fax (93) 478
6505), located on the first floor of terminal B open Monday
to Friday 0830-2030. Rooms can be hired for meetings. Telephone,
fax, photocopying and computing services are available.
Transport to the city : A train leaves the airport
for the city centre every 30 minutes 0630-2300 stopping at Central-Sants
(journey time - 15 minutes), Plaça de Catalunya (journey
time - 20-25 minutes) and Arc de Triomf and Clot-Aragó
for connections to the metro. The fare is Pta310 weekdays or
Pta355 at weekends and public holidays. An Aerobus service to
Plaça de Catalunya runs via Gran Via every 15 minutes
weekdays 0600-2400 and every 30 minutes weekends 0630-2400.
The fare is Pta485 and can be paid by credit card. Local buses
EA and EN run to Plaça d'Espanya. They cost Pta145 with
the last bus at 0240. Taxis to and from the airport charge a
minimum of Pta1500; the ride to a downtown hotel will cost about
Pta3000 including Pta300 airport supplement. Taxi ranks are
located outside the terminals.
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