FCC Construcción

Built by FCC in Joint Venture with other companies and designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, this terminal totals an area of 544,066 m2 and will have 74 aircraft docking areas.

The terminal is organized into three elements: a processing building, housing baggage check and pick-up and the shopping area; two side docks and a central dock for passenger boarding, and an intermodal lobby where the different means of transport converge.

It has a modern, practical space for meeting the needs of passengers and companies. It is designed like a flight connection and distribution center, as well as a major services center, designed all under one roof, featuring spaciousness, light and its functionality.

The new terminal has 101 boarding gates; 43 fingers, which can be increased to 50; 166 baggage check counters and 52 self-check-in machines; 256 information screens; eight information desks; 14 passenger assistance points; 28 security checkpoints and 52 passport checkpoints; plus over 1,000 signposting and signaling elements at all times facilitating passenger movement.

Special attention has been devoted to persons with limited mobility, both in the urban planning as well as in the building construction, transportation and communications. It has 49 moving walkways, 26 mechanical ramps, 48 escalators and 125 elevators guaranteeing indoor mobility.

Another feature of this infrastructure is the Automated Baggage Handling System (ABHS) having been put into practice, facilitating baggage transfer by guaranteeing baggage delivery and classification in less than 10 minutes. This systems makes it possible to process 8,000 pieces of luggage per hour and is equipped with 24.4 kilometers of conveyor belts and 4,000 conveyor trays.

Terminal 1 makes available to all passengers a 23,866 m2 shopping area with 73 shops and 43 bars and restaurants. It also has a 2,583 m2 business center equipped with a fitness center, hair salons and rest areas, six VIP lounges, a bank office, 16 ATMs and five car rental offices. Internet access is also available from anywhere throughout the terminal via the Wi-Fi network which the Airport makes available to users.

Putting Terminal 1 into operation also entails other related infrastructures being opened to the public, such as a new 12,000-space intelligent parking area, including long-term parking, and the construction of new access roads from the C-31 road, as well as the roadway connecting terminals T1 and T2.

Combining the capacity of these two terminals (T1 and T2), the Barcelona Airport will be able to move as many as 50 million passengers a year and perform over 90 operations per hour. This terminal being put into operation is providing a response to the needs posed by one of the European metropolitan areas where air traffic is growing the most.