Terminal 2G - Linking France to the World

Pierre Graff, Chairman and CEO of Aéroports de Paris and Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM today inaugurated the new terminal 2G at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, in the presence of Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment.

The decision to build Terminal 2G corresponded to two fundamental requirements, i.e., Air France and its regional subsidiaries, Brit Air, City Jet and Régional, wanted to consolidate their traffic in a single location, and Aéroports de Paris wanted to increase its handling capacity to support the growth in traffic within the Schengen area.

Within four years of drawing up these specifications, Aéroports de Paris has delivered a new terminal representing an investment of 94 million euros, in line with expectations. This efficient cooperation illustrates the Aéroports de Paris’ rapid response to supporting the growth of its client airlines.

"With this new investment, Aéroports de Paris offers an efficient tool for handling short and medium-haul traffic to and from French and European destinations at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Terminal 2G will offer optimum operating conditions for small-capacity aircraft operated by regional airlines.

“Thanks to exemplary cooperation between Aéroports de Paris and Air France-KLM, Paris-Charles de Gaulle today benefits from a major competitive asset to support the growth of Schengen traffic and reinforce the hub’s position as Europe’s benchmark airport " stated Pierre Graff.

“Air France’s regional operations are one of the key factors in the airline’s hub strategy”, stated Jean-Cyril Spinetta. “Thanks to a well-organized hub, our customers benefit from a wide choice of regular and convenient services between French and European destinations and the rest of the world.

“Moreover, by serving Paris-CDG, we are able to offer connections between French and European destinations and the particularly buoyant Northern Paris area. In this context, the inauguration of terminal 2G provides an opportunity to reinforce Air France’s strategic positioning, by offering customers improved quality of service and optimizing our operating conditions and resources”.

The site chosen for Terminal 2G is located east of Terminals 2F and 2E and is consistent with Air France’s expanding activity in this part of the airport.

Terminal 2G can accommodate up to 3 million passengers annually and 18 aircraft per hour.