News
24 / 04 / 2008
British Airways increases its cargo capacity in Barcelona up to 90%
On the first of April, British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) started eight new weekly cargo flights between Barcelona and the United Kingdom. This clear bet by the company for boosting their air services in the Catalan airport has increased the weekly cargo capacity of B AWC around 90% in El Prat airport... Read more
21 / 04 / 2008
Barcelona nearer the centre of London city 7 days per week
The British Airways subsidiary company CityFlyer has confirmed that it will open a route between Barcelona and London City Airport on the 6th of May. The new air link will offer a daily flight that will connect both cities. This connection will be made using Avro RJ100 planes, medium airplanes with a capacity of 100 passengers. The flight will offer both business and economy class seats... Read more
21 / 04 / 2008
Three new cargo flights between Barcelona and China
Jade Cargo, the Asian cargo company invested by Lufthansa Cargo, has announced that will increase her flights between Barcelona and Shenzhen from two to five weekly flights. This increase will be done in two phases: first, one frequency will be added (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday) and then two more will be added, reaching a total of five frequencies from June onwards... Read more
14 / 04 / 2008
American Airlines presents a new route between Barcelona and New York. The new flight will operate from the 25th April onwards
From the 25th of April onwards, Barcelona’s airport will offer a daily new flight to New York (JFK). American Airlines is the airline that will operate the new service. The route will be operated by a Boing 767-300 airplane, with a total capacity of 221 seats. 30 of those seats will be Business class seats, and will offer the latest developments in comfort, privacy and flexibility for the user... Read more
10 / 04 / 2008
Continental increases her flights to Barcelona
Continental Airlines has announced that during the summer season of 2008 will increase the number of frequencies of her flights to New York (Newark)n from the eight it currently has to 14 (twice daily)... Read more
10 / 04 / 2008
Air Transat restarts its flights between Barcelona and Canada. They will operate during the whole summer
The Canadian company Air Transat has started flying again its routes between Barcelona and Canada (Montreal and Toronto). The routes started operating again on April the 7th. From April 7th to the 4th of May there will be one flight per week. Later on, the frequencies will be increased to twice per week, one of them with continuity to Toronto. A third flight from the 19th of June onwards, will connect Barcelona and Toronto with a direct flight. The flight will be flown by an Airbus A310. it will have a capacity of 269 seats per flight, 20 in business class and 249 in economy class... Read more
Barcelona Air Route Development Committee
The Barcelona Air Route Development Committee was created at the beginning of 2005 by the Town and County Planning and Public Works Department of the Generalitat – the Catalonian autonomous government, the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, the Barcelona City Council and Aena – Spanish Airports Manager – in order to promote the development of new intercontinental routes from Barcelona Airport.
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