Monk,
       I regularly fly in and out of Barcelona mostly with Easyjet and 2 weeks ago flew in from UK only paying £23-00 without "Speedy Boarding and case in hold," then took the train from the Airport to  Barcelona Sants and caught another to Tortosa for just over 11 euros. OK, it takes about an hour and a half but its airconditioned and if your not in a rush sit back and enjoy the scenery. Other airlines may be a bit more but every one of them I'd put in front of Ryanair which actually can at times be more expensive if your'e not careful, at least you get treated as a paying passenger with Easyjet, BA and others, not like a neccessary piece of dirty baggage on Ryanair.
       
                                           Old nelson
PS. Sorry for the rant, but as you can see, I can't stand the attitude of the Ryanair company from top to bottom!