If we arive at "CDG 2, Terminal C" and depart from "CDG 2, Terminal D" will we have trouble making our connection with only an hour betwen arrival and departure? I've tried to find a map of the airport but have not been successful so far, so any assistance will be much appreciated!<BR><BR>Thanks

Here's a link to the airport's layout -<BR>http://www.adp.fr/webadp/a_cont01_an.nsf/0/A806156E4C6A964CC1256ABE004858F6/$File/cdg2gran.gif?OpenElement<BR>It certainly looks close but you could check with your airline - that's what I did when I had to make a connection there a couple of months ago. But one hour seems sort of tricky in case of a delay. Good luck!

http://www.airwise.com/airports/europe/CDG/CDG_01.html<BR><BR>Check the above website for infomration. Personally, I would never try to do a transfer in an hour. Also, have you considered that you must be at the dparture gate at least 20-30 mins before the flight (domestic, longer for international) which means, because of the increased security, you now have to check in at least an hour before the flight (and TRUST me, that is cutting it fine).<BR><BR>Even if YOU make the flight, I don't think your baggage will (have lost my baggage three times this years through LHR!!!!). I always leave at least two hours for a transfer but prefer three. Did your travel agent recommend this? <BR><BR>Sorry to be so negative. Good luck ... but please consider a later flight.<BR>Regards .. Ger<BR><BR>

If you cannot get to the map indicated below (I could not), let me know at the address above. I have a copy on my disk of the CDG T2 map.<BR>I will be happy to send it to you as an attachment. I think I can do that!!<BR>Hall D is opposite Hall C, but to get from one to the other, you MUST go to the center of the 4 Halls, A, B, C, and D. These 4 connect like a figure 8<BR>In the center of the 8, you go downstairs, walk through a shopping area, and come up on the other side.<BR>I recall using the stairs do go up and down. It can be done, but you must know where to look. Hall F is also part of the complex, but it is on the other side of the TGV/RER station.<BR>

Thanks so much for all of the information. The short turn-around is not what I would have liked but that's what it took to get the price I wanted so we'll hope for no delays. Since both flights are Air France, maybe they will make some concessions if the first flight is late. I'm hoping that I can talk to someone at Air France who will be able to give me some specific suggestions about the shortest route between gates.<BR><BR>Thanks again!<BR>Betsy

Betsy ... just a couple of tips.<BR><BR>When you check in (in North America, I assume), alert the check-in clerk to your short connection time and ask to have your bags tagged with the "PRIORITY" baggage tags (reserved for BC & FC passengers). If he/she is reluctant to do so, appeal politely to the AF supervisor. (sorry, I'm a bit "baggage sensitive" after my experiences). <BR><BR>Also, make sure they have taken note of your short connection time and it is in the manifest. When you get on the flight, alert the chief steward about your tight connection time. If there are any delays, they can get you to the front of the plane for fast disembarkation and have the ground crew "run" you or drive you to your connection.<BR><BR>Regards .. Ger<BR><BR>P.S.: Don't volunteer the information that the short connection time was YOUR choice. Also, from personal experience, you have a better chance of assistance from AF if you have one complete ticket rather than two separate ones

Frankly, I would not count on Air France for anything in the way of assistance at CDG.<BR>One summer we flew to Atlanta via Z&uuml;rich and Paris on Air France. Our flight from Z&uuml;rich was late in arriving at CDG; suddenly 90 minutes of connect time was 25 minutes.<BR>To make the transfer from Hall B to C, the international hall for Air France, we were sent to the bus, which took for ever to get there and then took a grand tour of CDG before it finally arrived at C.<BR><BR>If the flight home had been on time, there is no way we could have made it.<BR><BR>No one from Air France advised us other than to give some vague indication to take the bus along with some other passengers. Had I known then what I know now about CDG T2, we could have walked from B to C in about half the time we spent fiddling with the bus.<BR><BR>Interestingly enough, out luggage made it. I think it was on the plane before we were.<BR><BR>So if you are going to fight CDG T2, I suggest you (1) don't count on any help being immediately available, and (2) study the maps suggested and know where you need to go. It is not like an American airport where you can be taken around on a cart. We had a tough time finding anyone who spoke enough English to help us, or who was willing to help.<BR>Unless you are fluent in French, don't count on it.<BR><BR>I have been in and out of CDG 6 times, and each timeI had to figure it out for myself. I don't recall even seeing a person I could identify as being a representative of the airline who was designed to help passengers with questions or who needed assistance, including those who had requested wheelchairs. <BR><BR>The only real assistance I ever got at CDG was given last summer when we flew in on US Airways and continued on with Lufthansa. We found the Lufthansa desk on our own in that labyrinth of a T1 building. Fortunately, the young lady at the Lufthansa desk was a native of Sweden and she spoke enough English to help us, which she did cheerfully even though our questions were simple. <BR><BR>That incident of scrambling to make connections when flew in from Z&uuml;rich did, however, lead to one of the more ridiculous episodes of my flying experiences. We were waiting anxiously on the bus with some other Americans, headed for New Jersey. They were irate and were berating the poor man standing by the gate. His sole authority extended to opening and shutting the doors when the bus came. One man behind me was emitting in all sorts of outrageous threats and insults.<BR><BR>The doorman understood very little English, which was good, given the nature of the remarks. (Had he understood even 25% of it, I think we would have had the resumption of the 100 Years War right there.) Finally the New Jersyite yelled "I am going to write the President about this." I turned and asked "Which president?" He screamed back "Bill Clinton." I suggested he might do better with Jacques Chirac.<BR>The mildly profane response of <BR>"Who the **&$@ is Sheracke?" gave a good indication that further explanations were useless. <BR>

We made a similar connection and so did our baggage. We went from Terminal 2C to 2F and had 45 mins. to make the connection. Our flight arrived about 15 mins. early, and we found the airport direction signs easy to follow. If you do a search for CDG on this site (or on this site under Italy) you will find a post I did on this subject in November. I believe the key is whether or not it is what the airlines call a "legal connection." If they recommend it, it will usually work.

If you see people running at top speed around the airport, most likely they are Air France passengers connecting through CDG on another Air France flight.On a Rome to Boston flight, we connected into CDG since we were using Air France. First of all, the plane from Rome parked in an area where you need to go down a flight of stairs into a waiting bus (the buses have "conductors" shouting which bus to take depending on your trans-atlantic city of arrival e.g. Boston, New York, New Jersey, go to bus 1; Denver, Chicago to bus 2 etc.). One you arrive at the terminal there is another person shouting where Boston-bound passengers are to go. That's when the running starts. The gate where you get off from the bus and the gate where you are to leave for Boston is like, for us, several miles long, that with time running short you don't have a choice but to run like crazy. Fortunately, panting we were able to get into the gate with several minutes left. P.S. we had 1hr 15 min connection between Rome and Boston.Good Luck!!

Mara, great layout map. Thanks for the URL.