

On 14 April 2016, the Groupe ADP rolled out the Connect 2020 corporate strategy and the commercial brand Paris Aéroport was applied to all Parisian airports, including Le Bourget airport. The chime was officially replaced by the "Indicatif ADP" chime. The chime can be heard in the Roman Polanski film Frantic. Until 2005, every PA announcement made at Terminal 1 was preceded by a distinctive chime, nicknamed "Indicatif Roissy" and composed by Bernard Parmegiani in 1971. Initially called Roissy, it was renamed after its designer Adrian Frutiger. The Frutiger typeface was commissioned for use in the airport and implemented on signs throughout the building in 1975. The CDG Express, the direct express rail link from Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport, is planned for completion by 2023. A new luggage automated sorting system and conveyor under Terminal 2E Hall L was installed to speed luggage delivery time for airlines operating Paris-Charles de Gaulle's hub. The main architect was Paul Andreu, who was also in charge of the extensions during the following decades.įollowing the introduction of the brand Paris Aéroport to all its Parisian airports, Groupe ADP also announced major changes for the Charles de Gaulle Airport: Terminals of the Satellite 1 will be merged, as well as terminals 2B and 2D. Terminal 1 was built in an avant-garde design of a ten-floors-high circular building surrounded by seven satellite buildings, each with six gates allowing sunlight to enter through apertures. On 8 March 1974 the airport, renamed Charles de Gaulle Airport, opened. The planning and construction phase of what was known then as Aéroport de Paris Nord (Paris North Airport) began in 1966. ( August 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. Management of the airport lies solely on the authority of Groupe ADP, which also manages Orly (south of Paris), Le Bourget (to the immediate southwest of Charles de Gaulle Airport, now used for general aviation and Paris Air Shows), several smaller airfields in the suburbs of Paris, and other airports directly or indirectly worldwide.

The choice of constructing an international aviation hub outside of central Paris was made due to a limited prospect of potential relocations or expropriations and the possibility of further expanding the airport in the future. Val-d'Oise département: Roissy-en-France and Épiais-lès-Louvres communes.Seine-Saint-Denis département: Tremblay-en-France (Terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and Roissypôle) commune.

