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PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
SKYTEAM’S LARGEST HUB IN EUROPE Paris-Charles de Gaulle is France’s largest airport, the second-largest in Europe and the eighth-largest worldwide in number of passengers. It handles most of our long-haul flights. Located 25 km north of Paris, the airport offers two independent sets of two runways adapted to super-widebody aircraft and can handle 118 aircraft movements per hour. With its 314 parking stands it can accommodate nearly 80 million passengers per year. EVERY WEEK, MORE THAN 17,000 POSSIBLE CONNECTING FLIGHTS IN UNDER TWO HOURS The world’s gateway to France, Paris-Charles de Gaulle is also Europe’s leading hub airport. The principle of a hub is to foster a manifold increase the number of possible transfers between short-, medium- and long-haul flights by concentrating arrivals and departures around specific periods of the day. In this way, passengers can quickly connect to flights, and the airlines can better fill the seats on their aircraft. ONE ARRIVAL OR DEPARTURE EVERY 30 SECONDS The three largest airline alliances operate from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Terminal 1 is home to the members of Star Alliance. Terminal 2 accommodates the members of Oneworld (A, B, C, D), Air France-KLM’s worldwide hub and the principal European hub of the Skyteam alliance (E, F). Easyjet, second-largest in terms of traffic, also operates from Terminal 2. Terminal 3 is principally devoted to charter and low-cost airlines. A free, automatic light rail system serves the terminals, the high-speed “TGV” train station, the regional “RER” train station and the longterm carparks. 28
In 2014 63.8 million passengers welcomed, up 2.8%, of whom 30.6% were connecting passengers 139 airlines(2) 319 cities served
(2) with a minimum of 12 aircraft movements in the year.
40 YEARS AND A NEW RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS Paris-Charles de Gaulle celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014, welcoming almost 64 million passengers with 1.5% fewer aircraft movements than in 2013. This derived from an increase in the average number of passengers per aircraft, a development that is likely to intensify with the growing use of wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787-8. After bringing world class facilities into service in 2012 and simplifying the connecting flight experience in 2013, Aéroports de Paris is now pursuing an ambitious plan to renovate the oldest terminals, rehabilitate runways and the aeronautical sectors and improve access to the airport. In 2014, we upgraded the Terminal 2G departure lounge, dedicated to regional traffic, pursued work at Terminal 2B, closed for renovation (429,500 sq. ft.), finished rebuilding runway 4 (104,000 metric tonnes of aggregate, 700 LEDs) and brought a new eastern access route into service.
(1) Source Air France-KLM.
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