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Old Sep 27, 2012, 2:06 pm
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Probably a very stupid and basic question, but here goes!

I have not flown to Paris for a long time. Planning a family trip (me, wife and 2 kids aged 7 and 5) for Feb mid term holidays. We will be flying with BA so have the choice of ORY or CDG. Which airport is preferable in terms of general airport experience, transfers to Paris and (much less importantly) BA lounge facilities?

Thanks in advance!
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Old Sep 27, 2012, 3:24 pm
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Old Sep 27, 2012, 3:28 pm
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Old Sep 28, 2012, 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by GLA
Probably a very stupid and basic question, but here goes!

I have not flown to Paris for a long time. Planning a family trip (me, wife and 2 kids aged 7 and 5) for Feb mid term holidays. We will be flying with BA so have the choice of ORY or CDG. Which airport is preferable in terms of general airport experience, transfers to Paris and (much less importantly) BA lounge facilities?

Thanks in advance!
I can't comment on lounges -- and there are threads above in any case -- but if I were flying with children and not making a connection in Paris, I'd go for ORY (and frankly, I prefer ORY for my solo flights in Europe as well). CDG can be a bit overwhelming even for those very familiar with it.
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Old Sep 28, 2012, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by GLA
Probably a very stupid and basic question, but here goes!

I have not flown to Paris for a long time. Planning a family trip (me, wife and 2 kids aged 7 and 5) for Feb mid term holidays. We will be flying with BA so have the choice of ORY or CDG. Which airport is preferable in terms of general airport experience, transfers to Paris and (much less importantly) BA lounge facilities?

Thanks in advance!
From ORY it is less distance to Central Paris than from CDG, but public transport is bad. OK if you take a taxi. If going to Northern Paris or EuroDisney, CDG is better.

ORY is smaller than CDG and therefore easier to navigate, but it is older (less nice) than CDG.
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Old Sep 28, 2012, 9:26 am
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ORY is smaller but I always get lost for boarding gates (confusion between halls, check-in desks and gates numbers) ... Despite having flight very regularly at this airport.

CDG is better for lounges (AF) and duty free.
ORY is better for taxi waiting time, distance to Paris centre.
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Old Sep 28, 2012, 9:59 am
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CDG is better for lounges (AF)
That would also be true for BA but this assumes that the OP has lounge access (and what is more enough access for the whole family, which could be problematic if only one of them is elite).
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Originally Posted by GLA
Probably a very stupid and basic question, but here goes!

I have not flown to Paris for a long time. Planning a family trip (me, wife and 2 kids aged 7 and 5) for Feb mid term holidays. We will be flying with BA so have the choice of ORY or CDG. Which airport is preferable in terms of general airport experience, transfers to Paris and (much less importantly) BA lounge facilities?

Thanks in advance!
I fly to Paris every week and only resort to CDG if absolutely neccessary. Overall a much quicker experience at ORY with it being a smaller airport.
Lounge not brilliant (landside) but they do escort you to the front of the security queue pre boarding.To be honest, most of the time you can roll up an hour before the flight, go through security and still be bored in the gate 31 area ...!



In terms of transfers to Paris, depends where you are headed, but with 4 of you, maybe easier in a taxi anyway, unless you are staying somewhere near RER B or the AF shuttle bus drop off.
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Old Sep 30, 2012, 4:11 am
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In terms of transfers to Paris, depends where you are headed, but with 4 of you, maybe easier in a taxi anyway, unless you are staying somewhere near RER B or the AF shuttle bus drop off.
At Antony, the Orlyval-RER interchange is a bit of a faff, going up and downstairs. Not designed for passengers with luggage in mind. Who could blame them? How on earth could they have guessed that people traveling to/from an airport would carry luggage with them? .

So, if going to Paris by public transport with children and luggage, Orlybus might be a better bet. CDG, OTOH, is very straightforward on the RER, although not particularly picturesque or pleasant, unless you are into Seine-St-Denis chav-chic.

If traveling by taxi to/from central Paris, Orly would be better: shorter, quicker and cheaper than CDG.
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Old Oct 16, 2012, 12:40 pm
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Thanks all! We will probably take the easy option of taxi. We will have lounge access as will be travelling Club Europe.

Sounds as if ORY is the better option overall.
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