What is the difference between Terminal 1 and 2 at Barcelona airport?
In general terms, international and Schengen flights fly from and to T1, whereas T2 mainly serves flights that are either regional/domestic or non-Schengen.
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Although the two Barcelona airport terminals are 4 kilometers apart, getting between them for connecting flights is easy. There's a free shuttle bus that runs between the two terminals about every 6 to 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, and traveling between the terminals takes about 15 minutes maximum.
But it is big and sprawling and can be difficult to navigate. Here are some tips. If you are flying out of Barcelona El Prat, you will need to know your terminal (1 or 2.) Vueling and many international carriers fly out of Terminal 1, while most of the low-cost airlines fly out of Terminal 2.
The train, operated by Renfe, is the cheapest way to get to Barcelona from the airport and can have you in reach of the action in around 25 minutes. Happily, the station is just three minutes' walk from Terminal 2.
While T1 is used for domestic flights by low cost carriers, T2 is used for all international flights as well as domestic flights for full service carriers like Air India, Jet Airways and Vistara.