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Author: TommoTommo Date: Nov 22, 2006 05:39
I am intending to fly to Paris. As I understand it Charles de Gaulle is
the main airport that services the city. However, on some of the lower
cost airlines I have seen reference to Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais.
Can anyone give a bit of info about how close / accessible these
airports are to Paris? Are they Paris airports on the same way that
Luton and Stansted are 'in' London?
TIA
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Author: semiretiredsemiretired Date: Nov 22, 2006 05:57
Tommo wrote:
> I am intending to fly to Paris. As I understand it Charles de Gaulle is
> the main airport that services the city. However, on some of the lower
> cost airlines I have seen reference to Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais.
> Can anyone give a bit of info about how close / accessible these
> airports are to Paris? Are they Paris airports on the same way that
> Luton and Stansted are 'in' London? TIA
Orly is the previous main Paris Airport. Beauvais is more distant
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Author: jeremyrh.geojeremyrh.geo Date: Nov 22, 2006 05:58
Tommo schreef:
> I am intending to fly to Paris. As I understand it Charles de Gaulle is
> the main airport that services the city. However, on some of the lower
> cost airlines I have seen reference to Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais.
> Can anyone give a bit of info about how close / accessible these
> airports are to Paris? Are they Paris airports on the same way that
> Luton and Stansted are 'in' London?
>
> TIA
Orly is south of Paris, maybe more convenient than CDG. Beauvais is a
supermarket car-park halfway to Belgium.
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Author: JPGJPG Date: Nov 22, 2006 07:16
> Tommo schreef:
>
>> I am intending to fly to Paris. As I understand it Charles de Gaulle is
>> the main airport that services the city. However, on some of the lower
>> cost airlines I have seen reference to Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais.
>> Can anyone give a bit of info about how close / accessible these
>> airports are to Paris? Are they Paris airports on the same way that
>> Luton and Stansted are 'in' London?
>>
>> TIA
>
> Orly is south of Paris, maybe more convenient than CDG. Beauvais is a
> supermarket car-park halfway to Belgium.
What happened to Le Bourget? Is that now a supermarket car park?
>
> B;
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Author: mike.j.harveymike.j.harvey Date: Nov 22, 2006 07:23
JPG wrote:
-> What happened to Le Bourget? Is that now a supermarket car park?
Paris - Le Bourget Airport is now only used for general aviation (eg
business jets) and air shows. In 1977 it was closed to international
traffic and in 1980 to regional traffic.
It hosts the French Museum of Air and Space and, every other year, the
Paris Air Show.
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Author: Patrick WallacePatrick Wallace Date: Nov 22, 2006 10:13
Orly was one of the original Paris airports, and is a little bit to
the south. Beauvais is more like Luton or Stansted. Check out maps at
www.pagesjaunes.fr
On 22 Nov 2006 05:39:21 -0800, "Tommo" hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>I am intending to fly to Paris. As I understand it Charles de Gaulle is
>the main airport that services the city. However, on some of the lower
>cost airlines I have seen reference to Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais.
>Can anyone give a bit of info about how close / accessible these
>airports are to Paris? Are they Paris airports on the same way that
>Luton and Stansted are 'in' London?
>
>TIA
>
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Author: RungeRunge Date: Nov 22, 2006 13:08
Most flights get out from CDG, regular and low cost.
Access to the airport is from Paris gare du Nord or other stations on the
same line like Chatelet.
The airport itself is not convenient and quite unpleasant, nothing much to
do or see while you're waiting.
Other flights, low costs, charter flights and a few regular to Cuba, Africa
leave from Orly, which is in a suburb south of Paris.
Beauvais is much less convenient, look at Ryanair.com for details about the
bus that takes you up there from the west of Paris.
Beauvais is OK if you find real cheap lowcost flights, otherwise it is a bit
of a trouble to get there and the airport is a badly refurbished shack with
nothing in it.
"Tommo" hotmail.co.uk> a
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Author: TommoTommo Date: Nov 22, 2006 15:19
Runge wrote:
> Most flights get out from CDG, regular and low cost.
> Access to the airport is from Paris gare du Nord or other stations on the
> same line like Chatelet.
> The airport itself is not convenient and quite unpleasant, nothing much to
> do or see while you're waiting.
> Other flights, low costs, charter flights and a few regular to Cuba, Africa
> leave from Orly, which is in a suburb south of Paris.
> Beauvais is much less convenient, look at Ryanair.com for details about the
> bus that takes you up there from the west of Paris.
> Beauvais is OK if you find real cheap lowcost flights, otherwise it is a bit
> of a trouble to get there and the airport is a badly refurbished shack with
> nothing in it.
>
Ok, thanks. Ryanair is the only airline that I have seen that flies to
Beauvais, and I think I'd rather walk than fly Ryanair again, so I'll
strike that from the options. It seems like the choice between Orly and
CDG may be down to most convenient flight times.
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Author: jeremyrh.geojeremyrh.geo Date: Nov 24, 2006 13:36
tim(yet another new home) wrote:
> Though I don't think anywhere's as bad as
> Bergen-Haugesund
It can't be that far - it's a while since I've been, but I know:
a) I travelled by taxi, and
b) I'm not still paying installments on the bill
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Author: jeremyrh.geojeremyrh.geo Date: Nov 24, 2006 13:58
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate wrote:
>> tim(yet another new home) wrote:
>>
>>> Though I don't think anywhere's as bad as
>>> Bergen-Haugesund
>>
>> It can't be that far - it's a while since I've been, but I know:
>> a) I travelled by taxi, and
>> b) I'm not still paying installments on the bill
>
> If you flew to Bergen airport, you would have flown to Flesland.
You're right, hence my continued solvency. Haugesund is a bit of a boat
ride away, IIRC.
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