It is a hub for Level and Vueling, and a focus city for Air Europa, Iberia, EasyJet and Ryanair.

[8] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when a Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 hours 30 minutes, and quickly became popular.

[9] The airport was renamed by the central Government of Spain to its current name on 21 December 2018 in honour of the first Catalan president under the current Spanish Constitution, Josep Tarradellas - a move widely criticised by the Generalitat de Catalunya and separatists due to non-consultation.

During the time of the Second Spanish Republic El Prat was one of the bases of LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas).

[12] On 3 August 1970, Pan American World Airways inaugurated regular service between Barcelona, Lisbon and New York, operated by a Boeing 747.

[citation needed] From the late seventies to the early nineties, the airport was stalled in traffic and investments until the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona.

[citation needed] International Airlines Group (IAG) announced in December 2016 flights from Barcelona to the US, Latin America and Asia for the summer of 2017.

IAG, formed by British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, created Level, the second airline, after Norwegian, launching low-cost long haul flights from the Catalan city.

[13] They announced flights from June 2017 to Los Angeles, Oakland, Punta Cana and Buenos Aires.[relevant?]

In the morning, called upon by Democratic Tsunami thousands flocked all the accesses and concourses disrupting normal operations.

Catalan Police ordered the closing of all transportation services (bus, Metro and Rail) to avoid further arrivals of demonstrators.

The blockade of the main access road (C-32 highway) with people walking between the terminals and city center made Taxi and other services unavailable.

More than a hundred flights were cancelled during the 14th of October and twenty more were announced for the next day by the main operator, Vueling.

[citation needed] Low-cost airline traffic grew significantly, especially after the creation of operating bases by Vueling and Clickair at the airport.

[citation needed] A new Terminal 1, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura was inaugurated on 16 June 2009.

Terminals 2A and 2C were added in order to expand the airport capacity before the arrival of the 1992 Summer Olympics held in the city.

The C-32B highway connects the airport to a main traffic interchange between Barcelona's Ronda de Dalt beltway and major motorways.

The Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) public bus line 46 runs from Paral·lel Avenue.