Do you plan to travel to Barcelona? This is what you should know about the effects of protests at the airport

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(CNN Spanish) - For the third consecutive year, Spain leads the 2019 Competitive Travel and Tourism Report of the World Economic Forum. And Barcelona is one of the great travel attractions.

However, this Monday, hundreds of travelers could not arrive - or leave - from the capital of Catalonia. The long sentences handed down by the Supreme Court to independent Catalan politicians unleashed demonstrations throughout the city, and the Josep Tarradellas - El Prat Airport was the epicenter of the protest.

Protests at the Barcelona airport on Monday night. (Photo by Pau Barrena / AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP via Getty Images)

Clashes between protesters and police forces on Monday led to the cancellation of 110 of the 1,066 scheduled flights, according to the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (Aena) network.

# Update
➡️ Josep Tarradellas Airport #Barcelona - #ElPrat

Of the 1066 flights scheduled today, 780 have been operated and 110 have been canceled. https://t.co/6MdSPE5qpk

- Aena (@aena) October 14, 2019

Although several intercontinental flights were not canceled on Monday, and while the situation is normalizing on the train and metro routes to El Prat, Aena advises travelers to contact their airlines to confirm the status of the flights.

(Photo by Alex Caparros / Getty Images)

For example, in the early hours of Tuesday, the direct Aeromexico flight from Mexico City that leaves this day and arrives Wednesday in Barcelona showed an expected delay of 40 minutes.

Other flights from Latin America continue under itinerary. This is the case of direct Avianca flights from Bogotá and Latam from Sao Paulo and Lima, scheduled to leave on Tuesday and land on Wednesday at El Prat.

If you were one of the users affected by the protests, you can contact Turisme de Barcelona, ​​which made available a call center to help travelers.

Turisme de Barcelona makes available to all affected users the Call Center service 932853834 @BarcelonaInfoES @cambrabcn @bcn_ajuntament

- Barcelona Turisme (@BarcelonaInfoES) October 14, 2019

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