Now Direct Flights From New York City To Barcelona

Released on: April 17, 2008, 2:14 am

Press Release Author: Fernando Rubio

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: The flight from New York John F Kennedy airport leaves at
11:00h in the morning and the flight back from the Barcelona El Prat airport at
07:00 in the evening, which is also ideal for people coming to Barcelona for
business reasons, as they can make good use of the day in Barcelona.


Press Release Body: Barcelona, Spain April 17, 2008 -- Starting on 25 April 2008 New
York City and the city of Gaudí - Barcelona will directly be connected through daily
flights operated by American Airlines. This is valid for the summer months of 2008.
In off seasons six flights per week will connect the US and European tourist and
commercial hotspots.

The flight from New York John F Kennedy airport leaves at 11:00h in the morning and
the flight back from the Barcelona El Prat airport at 07:00 in the evening, which is
also ideal for people coming to Barcelona for business reasons, as they can make
good use of the day in Barcelona.

The parties closing the contract involved Maria Sebastian, the vice sales and
marketing president for Europe, East Asia and Africa of American Airlines, Josep
Manuel Basáñez, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, Fernando
Echegaray, general director of the El Prat Airport Barcelona, Ricardo Frigola,
manager of economic development of the Barcelona city administration and Manel
Nadal, the secretary of the regional ministry of transport and president of the
development of airline routes committee.

American Airlines vice sales president for this region, Maria Sebastian claimes that
the strategy of the airline giant is to invest in business and tourism destinations
at the same time and Barcelona perfectly suits both development objectives. It is
not only a business destination, but also a sea hub of the Mediterranean and an all
time favourite among US tourists traveling to Europe or boarding cruise ships from
Barcelona's Port Vella.

The same is true for Barcelona's citizens, who can now easily travel to New York and
any other destination in the USA, without having to stop in Madrid. American
Airlines also stated that they are thinking of connecting further US airports
directly with Barcelona, depending on the success of the New York JFK air route.

For the Barcelona airport, this deal definitely increased the international
importance of El Prat and makes it a European hub for overseas destinations.
Fernando Echegaray also hopes that this route will soon belong to the top ten most
frequented routes of the El Prat airport.

Also Barcelona hotels and accommodation providers will benefit from this direct
connection as last year's tourism reports have shown that US tourists have the
highest daily spending of tourists visiting Barcelona. Also, US citizens tend to
stay in 4-5 star Barcelona hotels, making them a very interesting target market for
Barcelona hotels and Barcelona holiday apartment providers
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Contact:
Fernando Rubio
BarcelonaPoint.com
Barcelona, Spain
+44 222 656
support@barcelonapoint.com
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Contact Details: Fernando Rubio
BarcelonaPoint.com
Barcelona, Spain
+44 222 656
support@barcelonapoint.com
http://www.barcelonapoint.com

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