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Paris CDG Airport by I Mottram
1 April 2007 Customer Rating :
SOU-CDG-SOU same day travel. Paris CDG terminal 2F is a travesty. Architecturally interesting but a farce in all other respects. The arrivals is fairly smooth unless you are arriving on a prop plane in which case you will be bussed for 15 minutes to and from your plane after spending 20 minutes taxiing around the airport. Exit the arrivals area and the signage is so poor that it's hard to find the car rental locations. It's on the concourse between terminals 2E and 2F fwiw. However, arrivals is nothing compared to the abysmal experience that is departures. Kiosk check in works fine, unless you're flying AF in which case it won't accept any other FF card other than Flying Blue. Once airside the shops are limited although I don't consider that to be a problem. The biggest disappointment is the food available. Two pathetic fast food restaurants in the lower ground area which offer microwave meals and sandwiches which are of poor quality and grossly overpriced. I will avoid this airport in the future at all costs.
Paris CDG Airport by David Chown
20 March 2007 Customer Rating :
Terminals 2A to 2D at Paris CDG all meet in the centre, there are escalators and lifts as the passage is at basement level. Much quicker to walk than take the bus unless you have mobility problems. Terminal 2F is a good ten minutes walk though, past the rail station. 2A to 2D have an acute shortage of seating areas, even in the departure lounges it is a bit limited. The whole thing, less modern 2F, is dated, scruffy and crowded. But compared with Terminal 1, it's paradise!
Paris CDG Airport by Lois Holloway
20 March 2007 Customer Rating :
If you have to transfer from terminal 2D to 2E, allow LOTS of extra time. It's under construction. We missed a connecting flight a couple weeks ago. It's a long walk between the terminals, and they have extra-early boarding because you're taken on a long bus ride to the ariplane.
Paris CDG Airport by Bill Gustafson
20 March 2007 Customer Rating :
My wife and I will be transfering at CDG in April, arriving at terminal 2E on AF from Lisbon and departing 2E on Delta, with about 1hr 20 min connection time. I transferred at CDG a few years ago and almost missed my connection; as I recall the airport was confusing and chaotic. I'm trying to be prepared for the experience this time, and have read some comments that upon arrival from Lisbon we should go through immigration as though we were staying in France and then walk from 2d to 2e, as this procedure avoids one security line, although I guess there is one waiting at 2E. If anyone could tell me the fastest way (and procedure) to get from 2D to 2E it would be greatly appreciated. I do remember from my last experience that the buses should be avoided if possible.
Paris CDG Airport by Mats Genberg
7 March 2007 Customer Rating :
I have travelled through and to CDG a number of times during the last years. And one thing that is obvious is that French officials only go to places where they can fly AF or codeshare partners. If not - they would have to use T1. It is a disgrace! T2 on the other hand is the reason there is no national outcry over T1 - the french only ever see T2 and think that things are OK. It is quite decent actually. Last time we flew we (family of 4) came in late from CPH connecting to LAX via this temporary Terminal they use for high-security countries (US, Israel and Algeria) and the service was fantastic! Direct vans. Superb staff that joked with my kids etc. I will still rate it as poor, since T1 is so bad.
Paris CDG Airport by Paul Turner
28 February 2007 Customer Rating : n/a
From touching down from Birmingham to reaching the stand took 20 minutes. It required a further 15minutes to reach terminal 2f. Having read about security queues for transit passengers I left the terminal and walked to 2c. It took 10 minutes at a fast walk. Another 15 minutes and I was through security. The only potential problem was that out of three security desks, only one was open. On my return journey I decided to try the infamous bus transit from 2c to2f for comparison. Maybe I was just lucky but the bus took no more than 10 minutes and the security check about 5 minutes. Perhaps CDG have got the message at last?? The gate signage within 2f left me bemused. It took 15 minutes to find Gate 41. It is well hidden on the ground floor, not on the first floor as initially indicated.
CDG Airport by Kuhan Kandiah
26 January 2007
I always thought of CDG as a unique airport but when I actually got there, it was one of the most unfriendly and confusing airports I have been to. The terminal, although just next to us and a stone's throw away, took us an hour to get to. The ground crew at the terminal we landed on were so unfriendly and refused to answer us in English on where the UA counter was. They just spoke to us in sign language as if we were illiterate. After reaching the UA terminal, we discovered that some passengers on our MH flight were also taking UA to a different destination. But they took just 10 minutes to get there and not the hour we took like a merry go round stopping by to get directions from unfriendly people at the airport. The UA transit counter staff were very nice and friendly to us and thats about the only good thing I can say about CDG. CDG will not even be on my last choice of transit airports in the future.
Paris CDG Airport by Bernard Condon
19 January 2007
CDG terminal one is a disgrace. Dark, dreary and in very poor repair. The check in area is an impossible mess with queues snaking around corners with bags and carts blocking every turn. Just inside the security check the building has no proper facilities with very few shops and cafes etc. Once one goes further into the satellites then the opportunities decrease even further. No sparkling duty free shop or top fashion outlets and this is Paris after all! One shudders to think of a long delay in this desert. It provides the amenities one might expect in a regional airport in China. The lounge areas are hidden deep in the interior with no natural light and require long badly signposted journeys to locate. This building was a bold statement decades ago but it is now the architectural equivalent of the bouffant hairstyle - it reminds of an era style forgot.
Paris CDG Airport by Nick Biskinis
19 January 2007
How France, with a strong history of 'Les Grands Projets' and transport infrastructure development managed to conceive such a dismal airport devoid at every level of practicality is a mystery. The RER (suburban metro) station for CDG Terminal 1 is situated far away from the actual terminal necessitating a further bus journey, which is inconvenient for passengers. The Terminal 2 complex (in every sense of the word) was part of a grand design that went wrong. The Terminal is not one but a clusters of mini-terminals (called Halls in France) called 2A, 2B etc. Trouble is that with the exception of 2F they have limited gate capacity so that not many planes can use each 'Hall. Furthermore this means some of these Halls are situated far apart. The result is transferring within these terminals either requires a farirly long walk (and you cannot use the luggage trolleys beyond one of the mini-terminals) or else have to wait for one of the inter-terminal buses. Yet often the road is cluttered with traffic as cars/buses do not have enough space to park next to the terminal for dropping off passengers. So the inter-terminal buses themselves are often delayed. Paris CDG is trying to remedy this with a new inter-terminal railway - Roissyval - but that keeps being delayed (i notice that under the advert proclaiming an opening date of 'August 2006 someone wrote 'In God we trust'). Much of the Terminal 2 complex has dated badly and inside is cluttered. In some respects CDG Terminal 2 looks like a grandiose version of Heathrow, but with all the drawbacks of lack of space and concrete ambience. Terminal 2F is the only part of the airport that is genuinely well-designed and pleasant to use. Not surprising that Air France is trying to consolidate as many of its flights there as possible. Paris CDG is a mess, and you have to assume that the airport's growth is propelled by its one trump card which is large runway capacity. But long-term the poor organisation and lay-out of Paris CDG will harm Air France's obvious ambitions to be the leading transfer airline. Paris CDG could have been a great airport had it stuck to a more rational vision of unified Terminal buildings and properly situated transport hubs for rail and bus. You get the impression that somewhere along the way rationalism was jettisoned in favour of an over-amibitious vision that got lost in the concrete jungle. It is ironic that countries often have bad airports because they are obsessed with presenting the right image. What this means is that they forget the basics of an airport as mode of convenience and instead go for architectural excess that proves impractical down the line with compromises to fit the 'vision'. Instead airports should be kept as rational as possible and as convenient in lay-out. When this is established then you can embellish a terminal stylistically. Airports like Amsterdam, Munich, Athens prove the point. As Paris CDG will no doubt expand, you hope that when they build new terminals they learn from their mistakes. Errors in planning cannot be rubbed out, other than with a bulldozer.
Paris CDG Airport by J Rundo
20 December 2006
Nobody has mentioned what I find to be the worst thing about CDG: the poor lighting: I usually return home to Milan with a flight in the evening and I find it so miserable in the semi-darkness of CDG - let alone those "subterranean" cafés where everything is finished by 800pm.
Paris CDG Airport by J Bertani
27 November 2006
Frequently transiting in CDG I agree it is not passenger friendly place. Waiting in the landside can be very boring due to the non existence of shops there. Terminal 2ABCD are just not up to date to accommodate so many passengers and flights. As previously suggested, in order to avoid massive lines at the transit security desks, go out through immigration at the arrival and take a short walk to your terminal of departure. That will make your life easier especially at peak hours.
Paris CDG Airport by J Kemp
21 November 2006
Nothing is either easy or pleasant about CDG, regardless of the terminal you happen to be using. I am a frequent traveller based in Paris and have no choice but to use this facility, and I must say that amongst the major airhubs in the world, CDG is by any measure the worst. I have written my critique of this facility in these columns before, and 6 years on, if anything, things have gotten worse. Check-in, particularly in 2A/B/C/D is beyond chaotic, particularly at peak travel times. There is literally not enough room to queue, and getting through security on time is a virtual nightmare. There are no priority channels, and in any event there are too few channels, period. In the terminal itself, again regardless which one of the 7 terminals you may be in, seating is poor, toilets tend to be filthy and few in number, and restaurants and coffee shops definitely lacking. Staff tend to be unhelpful and unpleasant, and give the impression that they could not care less, whether they are selling a € 100 bottle of perfume or a packet of chewing gum. Obtaining information can be very challenging, and if you don't speak French, either buy a dictionary or pray. If you are connecting in CDG, forget the dictionary, just pray! If you can avoid CDG altogether, you'll be a happier person for doing so.
Paris CDG Airport by L Thiry
17 October 2006
I often travel between Detroit and Paris, and I always dread the time I must spend at CDG. Horrible is too kind of a word to describe this place. Way too busy, poorly organized, dirty are words that describe it well. Bathrooms tend to be dirty, and I have even experienced trying to wash my hands in a bathroom that had no functioning running water. Very inaccessible for elderly, physically challenged, or people travelling with small children. Deplaning is done with the antiquated staircase that hooks up to the plane. This is followed my a long, crowded, bumpy bus ride. The convenience of having the TGV station right inside the airport is a plus, but it too poses problems for those with mobility problems, or those simply burdened with luggage. There is limited elevator access down to the station level (I think there are only 4 elevators--not adequate during busy travel periods.). Your other choice is to take escalators. Not easy with several large bags. Last time I flew out of CDG they incorrectly posted the gate number for Detroit, then neglected to inform the passengers. We had to ask several people, and I think they changed our gate about 5 times before getting it correct. I don't know who designed this place, but they certainly neglected the architectural rule of form following function. The most unfunctional passenger unfriendly airport I've seen--unfortunately it's the only international airport in France, and it will continue to be an unpleasant part of my life.
Paris CDG Airport by Jochen Iwan
15 October 2006
I'm frequently using CDG as transit airport with AF for flights from Zurich to Asian destinations. I flew 5 times this year via CDG and 3 times my luggage went lost. Even I got the luggage back within 1-2 days later I cannot understand how this can be and how AF can offer to the customers flights with 1 hour transit time only, When you have to change the terminals, 2 hours would be the minimum time which is required to pass the overloaded security checks and to drive with the packed transit buses to your transit terminal. May be a useful hint to save time on transit at CDG: Instead of queuing at the sometimes impossible long lines at the security checks in the transit ways you can pass the immigration and after the arrival hall you go up to the departure hall where the queues are normally in an acceptable length.
Paris CDG Airport by Martin Thomsin
30 September 2006
The worst airport terminal (2B) I have ever visited. Signage is apalling, especially upon arrival where you haven't a clue where to go to find immigration. The RER is not sign-posted until you are practically at it and once you are there you can't buy a ticket at the machines with notes or non-French credit cards (you only find that out after queuing for 15 minutes.) You then join the enormous queue for the ticket-office. To check-in you have to pass through passport control first which could confuse many and I was refused entry without a hard copy of my e-ticket. Just what is the point of an e-ticket one wonders. And once you check in there are approx 10 seats for the entire travelling public, unless you go straight through to the departure lounge where there are no services. Total and utter chaos.
Paris CDG Airport by Jeremy Irwin-Singer
27 September 2006
We were unlucky enough to travel through this airport on our way to Madagascar. The flight in was fine, but that was where it ended. Designed in the '60s and '70s, it has these so called "Satellites" which contain the gates. This means walking distances are huge, signage is difficult to read, the building is damp and is littered with rubbish. The central circle of Terminal 1 has no room for expansion, so terminals 2 and 3 are miles away, by bus, which is infrequent and badly signed. We ended up going around our plane twice. We only found out after we came back that Terminal 2A is Terminal 2 Satellite A. This information would have been helpful, but was nowhere to be seen. On our way back, we missed our connection, due to the stupid busses. Again we travelled around our plane, and even saw it leave. There were no toilets anywhere; one couple with their infant son were forced to let him pea in a flower pot, because there were no toilets in the departure gates! Finding a restaurant was another problem, the food tasted foul, and was located miles away from where the departure gates were. Terminal 1 (I think) where the baggage reclaim is has stupid people movers which interweave each other to get around the central dome, with zero signposts, so we could not collect our baggage easily. We were relieved when we got back to Heathrow, as it was a thousand times better. Avoid at all costs.
Paris CDG Airport by Peter O'Brien
6 September 2006
CDG is under extensive renovation. You should give yourself at least 2 hours for connections. On a recent flight from PHL to Rome on AF with a connection in CDG we missed the connection. Problem is that we parked on the apron and were bused over to a transfer terminal and then reboarded another bus to our terminal. As you can imagine the unloading of full transatlantic flight takes time and the buses wait until they are filled to bursting point. Other than that the airport is clean and airy and I found the shops and amenities adequate.
Paris CDG Airport by Brian Murphy
26 August 2006
Recently flew a number of times during the month of August through Roissy CDG Terminal 2F. Thankfully the airport authorities appear at last to be addressing some of the shortcomings previously posted on this site. I was delighted to see that since August 1, 2006, smoking is now forbidden in the cafes downstairs in 2F airside. In addition, another recent addition is the placing of palm trees at the baggage arrivals area and just outside in the main arrivals area. This small touch has certainly taken the cold sting away from an otherwise dated and somewhat chilly terminal in atmosphere. Hopefully, the authorities will now continue to upgrade facilities in Terminal 2F and replace the tatty and old carpets and seat upholstery, which are a disgrace. One final comment for travellers in transit - if you are passing through security to gates F41-F46, from a connecting terminal prepare for a huge wait. The notice says 10 minutes - I spent closer to 30 minutes there yesterday, until such time as Air France took some initiative and called any passengers taking the Seoul and Dubai flights which were near final boarding and were able to fast-track them through a dedicated security line. Clearly, the airport needs to look carefully at this area of congestion.
Paris CDG Airport by Paul Browne
21 June 2006
Recently flew BA in and out of CDG T2B and was somewhat apprehensive given the comments made here and on other message boards. Nothing could have been further from the truth! We were at Baggage Claim within 2 mins of walking off the aircraft and 5 mins after that we were outside getting into the Shuttle. Very helpful BA staff in the Baggage area organised our transportation too. On our return, checked in very quickly using the check-in machines but despite it being the busiest time of the day there was only one security guard on duty with 4 other unmanned desks. This slowed us down a bit but we had a couple of hours to kill, unfortunately in a mediocre Business Class longe shared by BA and AF. All in all, our 2 experiences did not mirror the bad press we had read.
