Barcelona-El Prat airport recovers almost all intercontinental routes this summer

2023-05-26 13:38:03

To the good data in volume of passengers and cargo in it El Prat airport so far this year now adds the confirmation that this summer the coveted intercontinental routes will almost reach the numbers of 2019. That is what ensures Barcelona Chamber of Commerce in its Air Traffic Observatorywhich reveals that the Barcelona infrastructure will operate 46 destinations intercontinental, only one less than before the pandemic, which represents a recovery of 98%.

The debate on the enlargement From the airport of Barcelona, ​​now partially anesthetized by the municipal elections, usually has as its protagonist the possibility of generating more transoceanic connections: the more capacity, the bigger planes, the less congestion… However, while the political parties continue without creating the technical table that clarifies how progress is being made, the airlines They have continued to bet on the Catalan capital and its surroundings.

In January, 91% of the destinations that existed before the pandemic had already been reached, with the flights corresponding to 2022. This Friday, the Chamber published the report on summer of 2023 in which he highlights the new Asian connections recovered.

Beijing and Seoul

Is about three weekly flights to Beijing and other seven to Seoul (South Korea), although the business chamber insists on the importance of working to get routes to Hong Kong, Lima and Shanghai. In total, the volume of available places will be 18 million seats10% more than in the summer of 2022 and 9% less than in the summer of 2019.

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According to the same sources, Barcelona is the fifth city in Europe in origin or destination traffic between February 2022 and 2023, behind London, Paris, Istanbul and Milan; the seventh in total traffic of passengers, and the second in traffic to or from the same airport, only behind London’s Heathrow.

Full recovery in 2025

The Chamber recalls that the industry estimates predict that the recovery at a European level of the pre-pandemic figures will not be achieved until 2025.