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18TH CHAPTER - THIRD RUNWAY'S GRAND OPENING
18) On September 28th, 2004 the third runway of the Barcelona airport is officially
inaugurated
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On September 28th, 2004, the Minister of ‘Fomento’ (Magdalena Álvarez), together with the President of AENA (Manuel Azuaga), presided the official opening of the third runway of El Prat airport.
The following people attended this grand opening:
-
Pasqual
Maragall (President of the ‘Generalitat’) (PSC)
- Joaquim Nadal (Minister of Territorial Politics of the Autonomous Government)
(PSC)
- Celestino Corbacho (President of the ‘Diputación de Barcelona’ –county council-)
(PSC)
- Joan Clos (Mayor of Barcelona) (PSC)
- Lluís Tejedor (Mayor of El Prat de Llobregat) (ICV)
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| TV broadcasted videos on the official inauguration of the third runway : |
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| Video broadcasted by ‘TV3’ |
Video broadcasted by ‘BTV’ |
Some images of the third runway’s official grand opening :

Press release sent by AENA to the media :
- Press release (September 28th, 2004)
Bird’s eye view of the extended airport :

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