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Article: Paris Orly: Orly, the more senior of the two ADP-operated airports used by commercial airlines serving the French capital, registered a healthy 7% leap in traffic last year. But, as Richard Maslen explains, such increases have come at a price.(French Airports Special)(Charles de Gaulle Airport)
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- Airports International
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- May 1, 2005
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Paris Orly's location on the southern outskirts of the capital offered Air France passengers a quick transfer to the city's centre when it opened in the 1950s. However, the traffic expansion of the 1960s and early 1970s soon meant that its facilities were unable to support its forecast growth and 1974 brought Paris a brand-new international gateway, Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). As one of the two principal Paris gateways, Orly's management team has been forced to develop a revised business model to attract new clientele there as an alternative to CDG. "There are very few constraints at CDG and that airport will continue to expand. It was very hard in the past to develop ...
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