Originally Posted by
Scotttyd
Hello- looking at connecting through CDG on the way from RDU to VIE (Vienna) on delta/air france). I have never been to the CDG airport, how much time should I need assuming average traffic/crowds? I assume I have to clear customs in France - correct?
I connected thru CDG to PRG on Nov 30. At booking I had a choice of a 1:20 or a 4:00 connection and I went with the longer one. I was in J and even with that the shorter connection would have been dicy for me. I am a very slow walker so somebody quicker would have had more time.
The bottleneck was we had to reclear security and that went very slowly. I don't remember any announcements for short connections but there could have been and I just wasn't paying attention.
Other than the security delay, things went fine and I used to the extra time for a shower and a nap in the lounge. I would definitely connect again in CDG.