Madrid Barajas International Airport
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Madrid Barajas International Airport , located northeast of Madrid's city center (), is the most important international and domestic gateway in Spain. Opened in 1928, the airport has grown to be one of the most important aviation centers of Europe.
Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, particularly Latin America. In 2005, 41,963,197 passengers used Barajas; it ranks as the world's 12th—and Europe's fifth—busiest airport. Barajas is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia Airlines. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for around 60 percent of Barajas' traffic.
On February 5, 2006, the immense Terminal 4 was inaugurated—making Barajas the world's largest airport, in terms of terminal area, with an area of more than one million square meters (11 million square feet). With the new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are adjacent terminals that are home to SkyTeam and Star Alliance airlines, as well as Air Europa and Spanair.
Terminal 4 is home to Iberia Airlines and all Oneworld partner airlines.
Airlines
Terminal 1
- Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, London-Gatwick, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Monterrey)
- Air Europa (Agadir, Barcelona, Beijing, Cancun, Caracas, Fez, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Guayaquil, Havana, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Malaga, Marakesh, Menorca, Milan-Malpensa, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Prague, Punta Cana, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Salvador, Santo Domingo, Seville, Shanghai-Pudong, Tenerife North, Tenerife South, Tunis, Warsaw)
- Air France (Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse)
- *Brit Air (Lyon)
- Air Madrid (Bogotá, Bucharest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Guayaquil, Lima, Medellin(starts November 25) Milan-Malpensa, Panama City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Quito, Rome-Fiumicino, San José (CR), Santiago de Chile, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Toluca)
- Air Malta (Malta)
- Air Plus Comet (Barcelona, Beijing, Bogota, Cartagena de Indias, Lima, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, New York-JFK, Puerto Plata, Rome-Fiumicino, Santo Domingo, Shanghai-Pudong)
- Alitalia (Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
- Blue Air (Bucharest-Baneasa)
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Cubana de Aviación (Havana, Santiago de Cuba)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
- easyJet (Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly)
- Germanwings (Colgone/Bonn, Stuttgart)
- Helvetic Airways
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf)
- Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Malev (Budapest)
- Meridiana (Florence)
- Monarch Airlines
- Myair (Milan-Bergamo, Venice)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
- Pluna (Montevideo)
- Portugalia Airlines (Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Funchal)
- SATA International (Ponta Delgada)
- Santa Barbara Airlines (Caracas)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
- * SAS Braathens (Oslo)
- Spanair (Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Jerez, La Coruña, Lanzarote, Malabo, Malaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife North, Valencia, Vienna, Vigo, Zürich)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Transavia (Amsterdam)
- Tunisair (Tunis)
- US Airways (Philadelphia)
- Varig (São Paulo-Guarulhos)
Terminal 2
- Air Berlin (Palma de Mallorca)
- Air Europa (Domestic and Schengen destinations)
- Spanair (Domestic and Schengen destinations)
- TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
Terminal 3
- Lagun Air (Leon)
Terminal 4
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Air Algerie (Algiers)
- Air Senegal International (Dakar)
- Air Ukraine (Kiev)
- Air Cairo (Cairo)
- American Airlines (Miami)
- Avianca (Bogotá, Cali)
- Bravo Airlines (Kinshasa, Douala, Libreville)
- British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow)
- *BA Connect (Birmingham (UK), Manchester (UK))
- Czech Airlines (Prague)
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- El Al (Tel Aviv)
- Finnair (Helsinki, Stockholm)
- Iberia and Air Nostrum (Albecete, Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Bajadoz, Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bogota, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cagliari, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dakar, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Granada, Gran Canaria, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hannover, Havana, Helsinki, Ibiza, Istanbul, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, La Coruna, Lagos, La Rioja, Lanzarote, Leon, Lima, Lisbon, Logrona, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Lagos, Lyon, Malabo, Malaga, Marseille, Melilla, Menorca, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Murcia, Naples, New York-JFK, Nice, Olbia, Oporto, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Panama City, Quito, Pisa, Reus, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San Jose (CR), San Juan, Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, San Sebastian, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santander, Sao Paulo, Sevilla, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Vigo, Vitoria, Warsaw, Zaragoza, Zurich)
- Iberworld mostly seasonal (Alesund, Alicante, Almeria, Aqaba, Arrecife, Aswan, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Bergamo, Bilbao, Birmingham (UK), Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Cairo, Cancun, Corfu, Cork, New Delhi, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Enschede, Exeter, Faro, Friederichshafen, Fuerteventura, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Havana, Huumberside, Ibiza, Irkalion, Kos, Las Palmas, Leeds/Bradford, Liege, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Luxor, Madeira, Mahon, Malaga, Manchester (UK), Metz, Milan-Malpensa, Mikonos, Montreal, Mulhouse, Naples, Norwich, Oporto, Oviedo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prestwick, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Saarburcken, Salamanca, Santander, Santorini, Santiago de Compostela, Shannon, Seville, Southampton, Strasbourg, Tees-Side, Tenerife South, Toronto, Trondheim, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Venice, Verona, Vigo, Vitoria, Zaragoza)
- Iran Air (Athens, Tehran-Mehrabad)
- LAN Airlines (Frankfurt, Guayaquil, Santiago de Chile)
- Luxair (Luxembourg)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Laayoune, Marrakech, Rabat)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
- Sterling
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
- TACV Cabo Verde (Santa Maria (Sal))
- Tarom (Bucharest-Otopeni)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
- Virgin Express (Brussels)
- Vueling Airlines (Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino)
External links
- [Madrid Barajas Official Website in English]
- [Madrid Airport Guide]
- [Architect Website on Barajas]
- [Architect's rationale of new Barajas Terminal 4]
- [Spanish Airports guide]
- [Google Maps - Satellite View (old)]
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