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Barcelona to Bucharest Flights: An Overview

Bucharest is the energetic and modern capital city of Romania. This city offers plenty of museums, parks, and an excellent drinking and dining culture to its many visitors every year. Those traveling from Barcelona will find that flights from Barcelona to Bucharest offer a quick and convenient way to travel between these two cities. On average, each hour sees approximately four flights leave Barcelona for Bucharest, although the length of the journey differs depending on the route the flight takes. Services on this route can take more than 20 hours on the longest flights, but there are airlines that complete the journey in a little over three hours. The distance from Barcelona to Bucharest is approximately 1,972 kilometers for a direct flight. However, for flights with one or multiple layovers, the distance changes significantly, as does the length of the journey. Flights on this route are evenly distributed throughout the day.

Which airlines fly from Barcelona to Bucharest?

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air offers many direct and some of the fastest flights from Barcelona to Bucharest. The airline is also one of the most affordable on this route. However, there are other competitors, including Alitalia in collaboration with Blue Air, who operate some of the second-fastest flights on the route.  Spanish budget airline vueling regularly offers the fastest and some of the cheapest flights between the two cities. Other airlines that operate flights on this route include Qatar Airways and Lufthansa.

How long is the flight from Barcelona to Bucharest?

The fastest flights from Barcelona to Bucharest are direct and take approximately three hours 15 minutes. The airlines that operate most direct flights are Wizz and vueling. The second-fastest flights have a single layover across different cities, including Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, and Istanbul. The average duration for indirect flights from Barcelona to Bucharest is approximately eight hours, with the fastest covering the journey in three hours and five minutes, and the longest taking nearly 28 hours from Barcelona to Bucharest.

How many flights are there from Barcelona to Bucharest?

On average, there are more than 50 flights from Barcelona to Bucharest every day. Each week, that number can be anywhere between 250-300 available flights. Direct flights are available every day, with at least one service operating on this route, and as many as 15 flights operating every week. With so many flights operating between the two cities, traveling to Bucharest from Barcelona is possible at any time of day. Flights start from 6:00 a.m. and operate until past midnight. 

What are the departure and arrival airports for flights from Barcelona to Bucharest?

Departure airport: the departure airport for flights leaving Barcelona for Bucharest is Barcelona El Prat (BCN) Airport. The airport is approximately 13 kilometers from the center of Barcelona. RENFE train services run every 30 minutes from the center to the airport, with journey times of around 25 minutes. The Aerobus will transport travelers from the city to the airport in around 35 minutes, with regular services operating through the day. Services in the airport include international restaurants, bars, duty-free shopping, passenger lounges, charging points for electronic devices, and free WiFi throughout the terminals.

Arrival airport: flights on this route touch down in Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, which is approximately 22 kilometers from the city center. There 783 bus operates regularly and will reach the city center in around 40-60 minutes. Alternatively, travelers can use taxi services to head downtown, but these are considerably more expensive than public transport. Services in the airport include ATMs, currency exchange, bars, restaurants, and free WiFi throughout. Car rental services and taxi stands are available outside the airport.