Continental Launches New York-Barcelona Service

Continental Airlines has announced it will launch daily nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Barcelona (BCN) on May 17. The new service will be the only year-round, nonstop flight between the U.S. and Barcelona. Continental will operate a 172-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 16 seats in Business First and 156 in economy class. Flight CO120 will depart Newark at 6:35 p.m., arriving in Barcelona at 8:35 a.m. the following day. Return flight CO121 will depart Barcelona daily at 11:10 a.m., arriving in Newark at 1:55 p.m.