Originally Posted by
creber
If asked, I can without hesitation point out ten things which don't run well although other airports/airlines in the same situation get it right.
Well, let's have them in this thread, at least for the airport part, as there is already a thread about suggestions for improvement to AF operations.
As to airports that are comparable to CDG in scope, here are the latest stats from another thread:
01 ATL *************** 82 137 145 (+5,47% - 11 months)
02 ORD 76 182 025 (-0.15%)
** LHR 67 855 100 (+0.8%)
** HND
05 LAX 61 896 075 (+1.4%)
06 CDG 59 922 177 (+5.4%)
07 DFW 59 786 476 (-0.7%)
08 FRA 54 167 817 (+2.5%)
09 PEK 53 583 664 (+10.5%)
10 MAD 52 143 275 (+13.8%)
11 DEN 49 863 152 (+5.4%)
12 JFK 48 977 858
13 AMS 47 794 994 (+3.8%)
14 HKG 47 783 000 (+7.5%) rounded to the nearest 1,000
15 LAS 47 728 414 (+3.1%)
keeping in mind that :
- HND is mostly domestic operations
- CDG could overtake LAX and DFW in the next few years
- PEK will probably overtake LAX, DFW, CDG and FRA in 2008
- MAD will probably overtake FRA soon
- an airport that is well regarded such as SIN is only about 60% the passenger traffic of CDG
In Europe, the situation that is closest in terms of scope and problems to CDG's would be, IMHO, LHR, although the premium travel market, second in Europe, is only about 1/3 of LHR's.