Since the terminal collapse earlier this year at Charles de Gaulle airport. Can a Air France traveler share their experience.
I've heard that Air France passengers have been shuttled by bus onto the tarmac to board and debark planes.

The tragedy in having to use a bus is?

Shuttle buses that take passengers out on the tarmac to board their planes are not uncommon in European airports; therefore your premise is irrelevant.

As is said, it isn't that uncommon. We had to take one when flying Continental last time to CDG. It isn't a big deal.

Gee,

I remember when you walked out to the tarmac to board a DC3.

Going by bus to and from the plane was SOP when American Airlines still flew into Orly.

What do you call those odd things they use at Dulles?

Oddly, no European whines about how horrid they are.

Hey, snipperite simply asked whether it was the case that planes are being loaded from the tarmac. Nobody's whining or complaining. What's with the attitude?

They call them "people movers," flanneruck, which is, oddly, exactly what some people call those moving walkways inside airports.

snipperite has a valid question, though I'm not sure what his/her real concern is, as it isn't all that uncommon to have to go out to the tarmac to board a plane. Heck, in Morocco, they toss you off the plane onto the tarmac and you trudge across on foot to the terminal!

I think you have to do that anyway, at CDG, if you depart from Terminal F. I have in the past, and it had nothing to do with terminal E.

Well? I am waiting for an answer to Shellio's question. What is with the snotty replies? I expect it from mk2, but who are the rest of you piling on for no acceptable reason.

A full moon?

Hello All

The use of buses to shuttle people from the departure lounge to the aircraft is very common in europe.
The buses are actually provided by the ADP ( Aeroport de Paris )and are huge ( two bus loads will fill a regular plane )



The closure of terminal 2E caused initial unorganised chaos .
Day to day operations are now slowly returning to organised chaos with the main problem facing the ADP being the re - location of the staff that were based at terminal 2E.

Glad to see that nothing has changed on Fodors.


best regards

Mark

Parishuttle

I haven't checked the calendar, but as a Psychiatric Nurse for 20 years, a full moon really does make a BIG difference.

Nice to hear from you Mark. Thank you for the information.

I was at CDG earlier this month...flying on Air France. Yes, you will have to board a bus to the plane.

As others have noted, this is common in many airports, and most likely would have been the case even if the terminal didn't collapse.