Spain: Airport operator Aena cancels or delays 50 flights in Barcelona

MADRID – Spain’s airport operator Aena (AENA.MC) announced on Monday that 50 flights departing from Barcelona’s El Prat airport were cancelled or severely delayed after a rainstorm hit the area.

The airport operator diverted 17 flights that were due to land at El Prat on Monday morning to alternative airports, Aena said on its X account.

A rain and hailstorm struck the Barcelona area in eastern Spain on Monday, just days after the country experienced its worst flash floods, which claimed at least 217 lives in the Valencia region, located 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the south.

The rain stopped late on Monday morning, and the airport was operating again, a spokesperson told Reuters.