
The work carried out by the BARDC since 2005 has help to attract new companies to the Barcelona Airport and it has increased the number of intercontinental flights.
This section highlights the international flights (outside the EU and Schengen area) and especially the intercontinental flights from the Barcelona Airport; routes that have a special importance in the BARDC activity.
The 2012 summerr season witnessed the consolidation of routes, as well as the opening of new destinations on the map of Barcelona routes.
- North America
- South America
- Africa and Mediterranean
- Asia and Middle East
- International flights by Geographic Area
North America
In summer 2012, four airlines from the United States operated out of the Barcelona Airport, as well as one from Canada. These companies operate flights to five different destinations.
• Delta Airlines: flies to New York and Atlanta seven times per week.
• United Airlines: flies to Newark (New York) with six weekly frequencies.
• American Airlines: operates since summer 2008 a daily flight between Barcelona and New York.
• Air Transat: operates three flights per week to Montreal and Toronto.
• Air Canada: links two times per week Barcelona and Montreal and seven to Toronto.
• Sunwing Airlines: for first time this company operates one flight per week to Toronto.
• Us Airways: operates a weekly flight to Philadelphia.
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South America
Two South American companies and one North American directly unite Barcelona with this continent on a weekly basis:
• Aerolíneas Argentinas: operates five weekly flights between Barcelona and Buenos Aires.
• Avianca: the Colombian airline operates four weekly flights to Bogotá, and connections to the rest of the country and other parts of the Andes region.
• American Airlines: new destination to Miami seven times per week.
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Africa and Mediterranean
In this geographic area operates eleven airlines to thirteen diferent destinations. This season it has inaugurated a new flight to Dubai and Santo Domingo.
• Egyptair: the Egyptian company offers seven weekly flights to El Cairo.
• Air Algerie: it is possible to fly between Barcelona and Alger nine times per week thanks to this company and two to Oran.
• Iberia: this airline operates two flights per week to Sao Paulo.
• Royal Air Maroc: operates twenty one flights per week to Casablanca and six to Tanger.
• Tunis Air: this company also offers flights between Barcelona and Tunis, four times per week.
• Vueling: offers three flights with Marrakech.
• Air Arabia Maroc: operates between Barcelona and Casablanca, Nador and Tanger with two frecuencies per week to each destination.
• Cabo Verde Airlines: with a new flight to Cabo Verde.
• Emirates: links one flight between Barcelona and Dubai for first time.
• Air Europa: for first time operates two weekly flights with Santo Domingo.
• Jet Air Fly: operates two flights to Nador for first time.
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Asia and Middle East
Barcelona maintains four direct passenger routes to Asia.
• Singapore Airlines: this international airline flies daily between Barcelona and Singapore. The flight began with three weekly flights, gradually increasing the offer to the current daily flight. Last summer was inagurated a new flight to Sao Paulo. This season will operate three times per week.
• Pakistan International Airlines: in March 2009 the company opened direct flights from Barcelona to Pakistan. PIA operates a weekly flight to Lahore and two to Islamabad. The flight from Lahore also connects Barcelona to Karachi by a technical stop twice a week.
• El Al: Israeli flag carrier has consolidated its route between Barcelona and Tel Aviv, bringing its weekly flights on a total of six weekly frecuencies.
• Arkia Airlines: offers three frequencies to Tel Aviv.
• Royal Jordanian: the flag carrier of Jordan offers three weekly flights between Barcelona and Amman.
• Qatar Airways: this company starts its flights in June 2010 and connects Barcelona with Doha every day.
• Vueling: links Barcelona and Tel Aviv four times per week this season.
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International flights by Geographic Area
| Geographic Area | Airport destinations (2011) | Number of weekly flights (2011) | Total number of direct passengers directes (2011) |
| Norht America | 6 | 34 | 931,213 |
| Africa | 11 | 52 | 568,972 |
| Middle East | 3 | 22 | 504,568 |
| South America | 3 | 13 | 253,807 |
| Asia | 4 | 11 | 149,862 |
| Total Intercontinental direct | 27 | 132 | 2,408,422 |











