With the new Barcelona Airport T1 due to open in matter of days, I thought it worthwhile taking a look at what it will contain.
Firstly to put some context on this, the terminal is designed to cater to 25 million passengers. To begin with, Star Alliance flights will move to the terminal, One World following in September and, before the end of the year, they will be joined by those belonging to the Sky Team.
There are 256 FIDS & 14 passenger service points in addition to over 1,000 wayfinding signs.
166 Check-in desks, 101 boarding gates and 43 airbridges.
The terminal has been constructed to deal with a whole raft of mobility issues (as well as people just being plain tired) and has 49 moving walkways, 26 mechanical ramps, 48 escalators and 125 elevators.
The retail space comprises 23,800m2 which consists of 51 shops and 30 F&B outlets, a bank office, 16 ATMs and 5 car hire locations. There is also space for expansion to 73 retail outlets & 43 F&B over time. There is an additional 2,500m2 dedicated to passenger services – a business centre, gym, hair salon and spa plus four VIP lounges – this will increase to 6,000m2 in VIP lounges over time.
The terminal has WiFi of course but it does not appear that it is planned to be free.
In the car parking area there are 11,000 public parking spaces added for T1 plus 1015 long stay spaces and 1,000 VIP & contingency parking spaces.
Now onto the more interesting stuff – the shopping…..
Fashion & Accessories
La Perla
Calvin Klein
Caribu (Children’s Wear)
Mandarina Duck (travel accessories)
Burberry
Tie Rack
Massimo Duti
Zara
Tascon (Footwear)
Sport Line (Sportswear)
SunSet (Sunglasses)
Tous (Jewellery)
Lacoste
Etam (Lingerie)
SBT (Footwear)
Kiddy’s Class (Children’s Fashion)
Prestige (Watches & Jewellery)
Furest (Fashion)
Cottet Sol (Fashion & Accessories)
Trucco (Women’s fashion)
Gonzalo Comella (Fashion)
Les Boutique (Multi brand fashion)
Nike
Accessorize (Accessories)
Food
Sibarium (Deli)
Chocolat Factory (Chocolates)
Vilaplana (Chocolates)
The Sweet Market (Pastry & Confectionery)
Cal Pere (wine)
Leisure
Crystal Media Shop (Multimedia)
On Air (music)
Imaginarium (Toys)
MiniMarket
The Airport Market
Divers
Multi 4
Smileshop
Express Shop (Duty Free)
News
Relay
Serjaria
Gifts & Homewares
Thinking Barcellona (Souvenirs
Natura Casa (Homewares)
Natura Selection (Gifts)
Item’s d’Ho (Gifts)
United Labels Store (Gifts)
FCBotiga (Official Barca merchandise)
Ferrari (brand store)
Duty Free
Aldeasa M5
Aldeasa M3
The Shop (Aldeasa)
Lav Cava del Cigarro (Tobacco)
F&B
Cafee di fiore – Cafe
Cafe Cafe – Cafe
Illy – Coffee
Plantaciones – Cafe
Europa – Cafe
Lau Pausa – Traditional Restaurant
Buffet Catallunya – Self Service Buffet
Sant Jordi – Restaurant
Ars – Coffee, baguettes, drinks
Terracota – Home made meals, salads
Self Mediterraneo – Self Service
Pans & Company – Sandwiches
Fresh & Ready – Sandwiches
Medas – Mediterranean cuisine
Tip Top Tapas – Tapas
The Food Gallery – Self Service
Aside from the Duty Free stores themselves Aldeasa are operating 4 of the speciality retail stores and Áreas are running 17 of the speciality retail stores and 5 of the F&B conccessions.
The Opening
Spanair will be the first airline to operate out of T1 on 17 June at 6am with its Madrid flight. During the first day there are 240 operations scheduled involving 30,000 passengers. The first intercontinental flight will be Barcelona-Singapore operated by Singapore Airlines.
Some 4,000 airport workers will be stationed at T1 to provide support for the terminal, in addition to the retail staff.
