Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said that in the morning peak dozens of planes are left without a jetway or ‘contact’ gate, forcing passengers to use buses to reach the terminal
Air France-KLM’s CEO has urged Aeroports de Paris to improve the French capital’s Charles de Gaulle airport, saying a shortage of jetways has created a daily struggle for aircraft parking spaces and higher operating costs.
Smith has no regrets over the government’s decision to axe Terminal 4, citing a costly 15-year transition and the lack of a direct link to a proposed new rail line to the capital.“We’re not talking about new capacity. We’re talking about improving what’s already there. It’s really important for us.”Smith reeled off a list of other perceived faults including the long distance to maintenance hangars, tying up planes for hours in extra towing times.
‘NOT IDEAL’ Smith’s comments in part reflect fierce competition between hubs in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Istanbul and the Gulf. He demonstrated on Google Maps how some airport maintenance facilities are closer to the terminals, avoiding CDG’s long towing times for regular maintenance checks. Officially opened in 1982 by President Francois Mitterand just as the U.S. hubbing revolution was about to reach Europe, Terminal 2′s compact halls were designed to serve a previous agenda: shortening the time from gate to kerb.During the pandemic, the area fell mostly silent. With traffic back to normal, Air France is having to park 10 per cent of medium-haul flights and 5 per cent of long-haul ones on remote stands, a company spokesperson said.
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