Question about Paris CDG Airport!Please help!!?

Question

What is the fastest way between term.2E and 2B at CDG Paris. We have to change the planes in CDG and we have only 45 min Connecting time! AF says that will be ok but I am a little bit worried about able to catch the other flight!!! do we have to take the Busshuttle airsite? or is it the best way to walk over to 2B??

Thanks in Adv.

Answer 1

45 minutes should be plenty of time to go from 2E to 2B.  There is a free bus that makes regular trips from terminal to terminal.  they aren't far, so don't worry.

The only issue might be if you have to claim you baggage and re-check-in for your next flight.  If you are on Air France the entire way, this won't be an issue, though.

Answer 2

The good news is that you will not be changing terminals (there are 3).

The bad news is that E and B are at the extreme opposite ends of Terminal 2.

If I were you, I'd be sure to use the toilet on the plane just before they make you stay in your seat for the landing, so as soon as you land you can start walking.

Walk fast, or ask about the #3 bus, which makes a circle run, stopping at all sections of Terminal 2 plus the RER stop.

Have a great trip!

Answer 3

I have no personal experience with making connections at CDG on Air France flights but in my web surifng I have read horror story after horror story about missed connections and lost baggage atrributed to exactly the situation you are describing.

While the internet does tend to to hyperbole the volume of complaints about AF at CDG is large enough that I would never try making a connection in only 45 minutes.

Here is an example: http://www.frommers.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@...

Answer 4

I assume you're connecting both from and to a non-Schenghen state (Namely : France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Italy, Spain & Portugal). If this is the case, you'll have to stay within the zone under the authority of the Customs and use the "Bus sous douane". If my guess is correct, 45mn should be enought. Anyway, if you connect from an AF flight to another AF flight, AF is responsible for your connection!