Now that you're done There is a new expansion project on the tableThe future of El Prat Airport is once again at the center of debate. But in Catalonia, there are also other airports that want to take advantage of this new era to grow. Both Girona and Reus have long hoped to develop rail connections as a lever for development so as not to fall behind the growth prospects of El Prat Airport, which has been setting records for years and surpassed 55 million passengers last year. The investment package planned by the Spanish government for the coming years aims to move in this direction, with new stations that better connect the airports and attract more passengers.

Once the light is on, Green light for the expansion of El Prat airport Doubts arise that perhaps should have been resolved earlier. And not all of them are green, that is, environmental, which are undoubtedly also essential. The first has to do with governance. Who will manage this facility? Shouldn't economic and social stakeholders be involved in some way? And to know exactly what we're talking about, shouldn't the manager, Aena, provide financial data on each of the airports, starting with the one in the Catalan capital?

Like streets, airports have also filled with people once again, now that the worst days of the coronavirus are over. For example, Ryanair is confident of recovering pre-pandemic passenger numbers in Catalonia, and even to increase them. It expects to carry over one million passengers from Girona between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. The airline started the summer season just 15 days ago with more than a hundred routes from Barcelona, Girona and Reus. Six of these routes correspond to new destinations, even though one, Lviv, cannot operate due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The other new routes are Frankfurt, Perugia and La Palma, from Barcelona, and Helsinki and Nuremberg, from Girona. This year Girona has also recovered flights to Paris and Leeds. In total, via Ryanair, from Girona you can fly to 24 destinations, more than twice as many as from Reus, and to eleven countries: Germany (5 destinations), Ireland and the United Kingdom (4 in each country), Poland (3), Italy (2) and Belgium, Finland, France, Latvia, Morocco and also Spain (Santiago de Compostela).