<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Barcelona International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Barcelona's first airfield, located at El Remolar, began operations in 1916. However, it did not have good expansion prospects, so a new airport at El Prat opened in 1918. The first plane was a Lat&eacute;co&egrave;re Salmson 300 which arrived from Toulouse with final destination Casablanca. The airport was used as headquarters of the Aeroclub of Catalonia and the base for the Spanish Navy's Zeppelin fleet. Scheduled commercial service began in 1927 with an Iberia service to Madrid Cuatro Vientos Airport. This was Iberia's first route. During the time of the Second Spanish Republic El Prat was one of the bases of LAPE (L&iacute;neas A&eacute;reas Postales Espa&ntilde;olas).</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1948, a runway was built (now called runway 07-25); in the same year the first overseas service was operated by Pan American World Airways to New York City, using a Lockheed Constellation. Between 1948 and 1952, a second runway was constructed (runway 16&ndash;34), perpendicular to the previous, also taxiways were constructed and a terminal to accommodate passengers. In 1963, the airport reached one million passengers a year. A new control tower was built in 1965. In 1968, a new terminal was opened, which still exists and is in use as what is now Terminal 2B.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 3 August 1970, Pan American World Airways inaugurated regular service between Barcelona, Lisbon and New York, operated by a Boeing 747.[citation needed] On 4 November of the same year, Iberia began the "Air-shuttle" service between Barcelona and Madrid&ndash;Barajas. A few years later, in 1976, a terminal was built specifically for Iberia's air-shuttle service and a terminal exclusively for cargo, an annexed mail service and an aircraft ramp for air cargo. In 1977, the airport handled over 5 million passengers annually.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation Barcelona International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">At Barcelona Airport there are available the following means of transport to get to the city centre safe and sound:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> There are public transport service available from Barcelona Airport.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Aerobus:</strong> A bus route that gets directly from Barcelona city centre to BCN Airport.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get within 30 minutes to Barcelona city centre</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Train:</strong> Train is available at Barcelona Airport.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Metro:</strong> Metro L11 connects Barcelona Airport to downtown.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Hire:</strong> Hire a car in Barcelona Airport and explore the area on your own. Check our search engine for further details!</li>
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