Controversial Barcelona airport expansion plan agreed

Barcelona city council opposes 1.7bn plan under which passenger numbers would reach 70 million a year

The Spanish and Catalan governments have agreed a controversial plan to expand Barcelona airport that would increase passenger numbers from 55 million to 70 million a year.

The 1.7bn plan, funded by Aena, the Spanish airports authority, is opposed by Barcelona city council. It will have to be approved by the European Commission, which has already condemned an earlier expansion carried out in the protected wetlands of the Llobregat delta.