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More about Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport Facts Paris is served by two airports : Orly (ORY) to the south of the city and Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to the north. Roissy-Charles de Gaulle is used by a huge number of international and domestic airlines, it has connections to more foreign destinations than any other airport in the world (400 destinations served). Also known as Roissy, it is France's main airport and second busiest passenger airport in Europe after London Heathrow. With nearly 58 million passengers in 2009, CDG is ranked 6th worldwide. In terms of plane movements, Charles de Gaulle Airport was number one in Europe with 532,961 planes (2006), above Frankfurt Airport and London Heathrow. In terms of cargo traffic, Charles de Gaulle Airport also was number one in Europe in 2006 with 1,876,900 metric tonnes, above Frankfurt and Heathrow. Charles de Gaulle Airport extends over 32.38 km².
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Terminal 1 After seven years of planning and construction, CDG began service on March 8, 1974. Terminal One was built to an avant-garde design consisting of a ten-floor high circular building surrounded by seven satellite buildings each with four gates. The satellites were designed with multiple levels of waiting rooms, baggage handling and retail areas. The terminal was originally designed to handle 7-8 million passengers a year. According to ADP, it handled 9.3 million passengers in 2003, which corresponds to a little less than 20% of Charles de Gaulle entire traffic. Since April 2004, Terminal 1 has been undergoing renovation work. This project is divided into four main steps, each dedicated to a quarter of the building. Renovation work on Terminal 1 scheduled to be finished by the end of 2008. Terminal 1 Info Page Terminal 2 Terminal 2 was designed and constructed on a linear basis. The terminal consists of a central road or corridor off which all the terminal sections are borne. This design was made with an eye to the future as it allows ample opportunity for expansion. There were initially four sub-terminals: 2A and 2B were opened in 1982, 2C in 1989 and 2D in 1993. The second and more modern architectural phase of Terminal Two encompasses sections 2F and 2E where the blunt concrete structure of the older parts has disappeared from the outside view to give way to rounded metallic and glass vaults. Terminal 2 handled overall 34.7 million passengers in 2003. New extension of Terminal 2E (”La galerie parisienne or satellite S3) is open. The opening of Satellite 3 (or S3) to the immediate west of Terminals 2E and 2F is providing further jetways especially for the Airbus 380, 6 Airbus A380 will be able to dock simultaneously around the building. Check-in and baggage delivery is providing by the existing infrastructure in Terminal 2E. The dedicated terminal have a capacity of 8.5 million/passengers per year with 22 embarkment lounges, 5,000 seats and 226,000 square meters (including 3,300 square meters for commercial outlets). A further Satellite 4 is planned to open in 2012 to provide additional capacity. Terminal 2G. T2G (located west of the S3) is a Schengen terminal handling Air France regional traffic. Terminal 2 Info Page Terminal 3 Terminal Three was inaugurated in spring of 1990, and is dedicated to charter flight operations to and from the airport. In contrast to the other two terminals this one is characterised by its simplicity of design. It is not architecturally significant and looks like a white hangar from the outside. It was designed for charter airlines who wish to pay fewer airport fees. This terminal can be classified as a "plane-less" one in the sense that passengers are brought by buses to their plane. Terminal Three has been a success story. It was extended and renovated in spring 1999. In 2003, it handled 4.2 million passengers - 8.7% of the total traffic at CDG. Terminal 3 Info Page
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