Originally Posted by
San Gottardo
The point is a different one: you don't need these letters! There are terminals 1-7, and then inside these terminals you have gates that have numbers. That's all. Why add that complexity? I know it's France and we love it, but why can't they for once make an exception?
I think having gate letters is fine, esp. since T2E (soon to be T5) has three halls and this allows for easier-understood signage. It also means that gate numbers can be unique over the whole airport. There is only one gate B9, and it is in Terminal 5. Without letters, "gate 9" would exist in 7 very different places.
It's just weird that the letters seem to be somewhat random.
Also, is it me or is it not smart to name the gates that are currently in 2F, to E, given that 2F and 2E are closely related? I doubt people will forget T2E existed the moment they do this renaming, and given the scale of the project I highly doubt it will be done in one night so I expect there will be people looking for an "E-gate" in what will then be the T5 building.