Now: Direct Flights From New York City To Barcelona - Starting on 25 April 2008 New York City and the city of Gaudí - Barcelona will directly be connected through daily flights operated by American Airlines. This is valid for the summer months of 2008. In off seasons six flights per week will connect the US and European tourist and commercial hotspots. The flight from New York John F Kennedy airport leaves at 11:00h in the morning and the flight back from the Barcelona El Prat airport at 07:00 in the evening, which is also ideal for people coming to Barcelona for business reasons, as they can make good use of the day in Barcelona. The parties closing the contract involved Maria Sebastian, the vice sales and marketing president for Europe, East Asia and Africa of American Airlines, Josep Manuel Basáñez, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, Fernando Echegaray, general director of the El Prat Airport Barcelona, Ricardo Frigola, manager of economic development of the Barcelona city administration and Manel Nadal, the secretary of the regional ministry of transport and president of the development of airline routes committee.