The Commission for the Expansion of Barcelona-El Airport Prat was set up a year ago by the Foment del Treball Nacional, the federation representing companies in Catalonia, after one year has today put forward 11 technical proposals to expand the Spanish airport. The Chairman of Foment del Treball, Josep Sánchez Llibre, pointed out that Catalonia cannot afford to miss 'this opportunity' to upgrading the airport which would contribute to its economic development, while the Chairman of the Commission, Lluís Moreno, In presenting the proposals, he assured that all eleven were in coordination with the Port of Barcelona: 'We - Moreno stressed - we want Catalonia to have the best port and the best possible airport."

A coordination with the port that seems to be contradicted by a letter sent on Friday by the Chairman of the Authority Port of Barcelona, Lluís Salvadó Tenesa, at the Chairman of Foment del Treball, the content of which was reported by the local press and warning that the extension of 840 meters north of the runway at El Prat Airport the future of port activity. In the letter Salvador criticized Sánchez Llibre for advocating despite the fact that he had been informed several times of the potential serious effects of prolonging the may make it impossible for the container to operate terminal at Muelle Prat and the future relocation of the second container terminal to the future Muelle Catalunya, terminals that have need taller cranes, raising them from 80 to 90 meters, which they would be impossible to place because they would interfere with the air cone of the airport.

"I find it sad," Salvadó wrote, "that Foment del Treball, an entity with which the port has historically maintained close relations, propose an extension of 840 metres northwards, despite being repeatedly informed by the port of these serious effects'.