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Over 4.2 million passengers flew in or out of Catalan capital facility last month, 17% below 2019 levels

2,701,372 people used Catalonia's main airport in March 2022, compared to almost 4 million pre-pandemic

3,731,525 less users in sixth month of this year than in the same period in 2019

17 times more users in fifth month of 2021 than in same period of last year

Hugs and kisses all round after regular flights return from Britain and Ireland for first time in 8 months

Pandemic leads to lowest total this century, 12.7 million passengers 

Meanwhile Spanish Congress suspends events after first MP infected

Over 15 million passengers have flown through Barcelona airport so far in 2019

Infrastructure grew 6.1% in users last year, with Girona and Reus airports also on the rise

Infrastructure could end its year with over 50 million users for first time, with Girona at 2 million and Reus at 1 million

Territory minister meets Vietnam Airlines officials to consider direct flight from Catalan capital to southeastern Asian country

The British airline Jet2 launched a new connection this Friday between Reus Airport, located about 100 kilometers from Barcelona, and London-Stansted. In addition, starting Saturday, Birmingham will be added to their routes from Reus. The new connection with London-Stansted will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays whereas the flights between Reus and Birmingham will be available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. They will offer 228,000 seats and expect to grow by 65% in comparison with last summer. Jet2 already offers seven routes from Reus to Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, East Midlands, and Newcastle and will offer 30 weekly flights, 10 more than last year.

Barcelona’s Port registered an 8% growth in container traffic this March in comparison to the same period last year, reaching 493,000 TEUs (one TEU = one 20ft container). Both exports and imports saw a growth of more than 5%, along with an increase in container cargo coastal trade. All in all, 11.1 million tons of merchandise were registered from January to March of 2016. This is also represented by an increase both in liquid and solid merchandise in bulk. Meanwhile, the Barcelona El Prat airport experienced a rise in passengers in the first trimester of 2016, marking 16.1% more than the same period of the previous year, at a total of 8.5 million people. Along with this, both the Girona-Costa Brava airport and Reus airport, located in the Girona and Tarragona provinces respectively, witnessed an augmentation in traffic in the month of March.