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Charles de Gaulle
Airport, 23 kilometres (14 miles) north-east of Paris, is
the city's largest airport and was one of the first airports
in Europe to have an integrated train system serving it.
The RER rapid TGV train service reaches central Paris in
approximately 45 minutes, Disney World in ten minutes and
Lille and Brussels in an hour.
The airport has
three terminals that are connected by free shuttle buses
and handle over 200,000 passengers and more than 6000 tons
of baggage and freight daily. Terminal 1 handles international
flights, excluding Air France, Terminal 2 Air France and
other airlines flying to European destinations and Terminal
T9 handles charter flights exclusively. Terminal 2 currently
has five separate halls and is being further expanded to
an eventual capacity for 50 million people by 2010.
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European airlines were operating normal schedules to and from
France today after the latest strike called by public sector
unions over government pension reforms met with a lukewarm
response.
Jun 19, 2003 |
Airlines were warning today of possible disruption to services
as public sector unions in France again took strike action
over government pension reforms.
Jun 10, 2003 |
There was a mixed picture for air travelers as France was
hit by another public sector strike, the third 24-hour stoppage
in as many weeks.
Jun 3, 2003 |
Tuesday has become a day of travel chaos in Europe with strike
action in three countries, France, Austria and Italy, causing
major problems.
Jun 2, 2003 |
