Originally Posted by
wco81
The upshot of all this is each time you go THROUGH CDG, they have some new setup which is impossible to predict. Maybe that is done for security reasons and we should be grateful.
They did have part of one of the terminal collapse a few years back so that could cause changes as it gets reconstructed.
I would agree about the aggressive connection times. I use AF via CDG on flights to India and China from Dublin. If things are really tight they have a minibus waiting on landing. I have never missed a connection yet and some have been very tight. Quite regularly I have had time to catch an earlier flight at Atl but Delta.com, doesn't give you the option of the earlier flight. It happened to me last Monday (19th) on DUB-ATL-IAH, would have easily made it, but it was oversold.
CDG is a bit chaotic, but is LHR any better? One thing you must remember in comparing it to Large US hubs is the Ratio of International flights to Domestic flights at say, Atlanta. Some airports also lend themsleves better to the new security arrangements since 9/11. Was never on CDG before so can't comment on this.