ADP to partially reopen to public damaged air terminal
Thursday August 5, 8:03 am ET


PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A Paris airport terminal which partially collapsed in May, killing four people, will reopen some sections to passengers in the second half of August, airport authority ADP said on Thursday.

A local government safety commission ruled on Thursday that all the necessary security measures were in place to allow portions of the terminal to reopen, Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the operator of Paris airports, said in a statement.

"This first stage will allow us to host around 10 flights daily and will have a positive initial effect on the functioning of the whole hub, which has been complicated by the transfer of flights previously departing from terminal 2E," it said.

ADP said that for safety and efficiency reasons, passengers would board through the former arrivals lounge and would be taken to airplanes via buses instead of connecting passageways. ...