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A Brand New Core for Terminals 2A and 2C at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

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11-Apr-2012 This morning Aéroports de Paris (Paris:ADP) (Pink Sheets:AEOPF) Deputy CEO, François Rubichon unveiled the AC connecting building, the new facility that will transform passengers experience in Terminals 2A and 2C at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The first step in a vast renovation project for Terminals 2A and 2C, the 16,600 m2 connecting building now links up the two terminals, offering passengers significant gains in time and comfort.

The central building -the fruit of a 71 million-euro investment- will ultimately handle more than 5 million passengers a year.

Making things clearer for the passenger: one floor, one function

Designed to facilitate passenger orientation, the AC connecting building is also an opportunity to completely rethink the way these two terminals -housing mainly Oneworld Alliance airlines- are operated.

  • After check-in, either at Terminal 2A or 2C, passengers are directed to the large area dedicated exclusively to passenger control, on the ground level of the building. With its 14 Police checkpoints (passport control) and 14 security checkpoints, this 3,400m² space will reduce the time required to go through border controls;
  • Passengers then advance to Level 1, with its shops, bars, restaurants and Parisian boutiques. They will walk through the largest retail area ever opened at a Paris airport (1,300 m2), built in the style of a department store. After that they can stroll down the "Avenue", where the finest luxury brands and gourmet restaurants stand side by side, in the image of the Avenue Montaigne in Paris;