El Part Airport of Barcelona. First impression

There are few passengers at El Part Airport, the end of May, and the tourist season is just beginning.

Barcelona Airport is the second busiest airport in Spain, behind only Madrid's Barajas.

In 2009, the airport received a modern terminal T1, from which most domestic and international flights are made. An old building, Terminal T2 serves local lines and low-cost airlines.

The main runway is located just between the terminals, allowing you to observe take-offs and landings.

El Part Airport is the base airport for the Spanish low-cost airline Vielting Airlines.

Boing 767 300ER El Al Israel Airlines. Looking at the track record of this 4X-EAM airliner, I was surprised to find that Jews do not disdain second-hand equipment. This airplane built in 1998 managed to work in TWA and Amrican Airlines, in 2003 it was bought by the Chinese national carrier, in 2009 it passed into the hands of the Ukrainian AeroSvit and only in 2012 it got to the Promised Land...a truly biblical story.

While I have time, I am interested in watching Air France's Airbus preflight service.

This is my first air trip in 15 years, and my first abroad, so I am a curiosity about both airplanes and airfield equipment.

A hose is connected to the aircraft, through which air-conditioned air is supplied from the underground system. Very useful thing for the Spanish climate. I remembered how I spent two hours in the Il-86 in 30-degree heat. This was the first flight of a revolutionary wide-body aircraft for the USSR from Sverdlovsk to Moscow. The opening of the line was done with great fanfare, but as soon as the plane started to start the engines, the lights went out, the fans turned off, and the cabin turned into a sauna in just a few minutes. To the passengers 'demands to open the doors, the flight attendants answered- "not allowed", and only when there was absolutely nothing to breathe, they deigned to open the doors, in the Il-86 they perform the function of emergency ones, since landing was carried out from the ground along folding ladders to the lower deck, where passengers left their suitcases and bags. Also, of course, a "brilliant" solution-to force passengers to drag their luggage around the tarmac.

Finally, I saw the Lufthansa A321 that had just landed on the runway, and I was going to fly it to Frankfurt.