Parisian airports are virtually unavoidable transit points for most athletes and supporters, and will experience lively days during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paris-CDG in particular, because of its international influence, while Orly will be more focused on the European delegations and Le Bourget on the arrival of VIPs. The ADP group thus plays a key role in the good (or bad) memories left with athletes and travellers from their stay in Paris.
Nearly 4,000 arrivals and departures are expected at peak times at the beginning and end of the event. At the same time, Paris airports are expecting to have to handle 114,000 baggage items and 47,000 items of sports equipment, including 17,000 out of format. ADP is mobilising support teams and handlers to help delegations transport their baggage on arrival, and a process has also been put in place to find lost baggage quickly.
Before that, the reinforcement of Border Police teams, with a maximum number of aubettes open, should make it possible to make it easier to pass through controls. Paris 2024 volunteers will also be on hand to give athletes their accreditations and direct them to the right mode of transport to get to the Olympic Village. Paris 2024 has also set up a system called Transport Athlètes, which will take delegations by coach to their place of residence, with their luggage being transported by lorry.
In the run-up to the closing ceremonies, the same commitment to fluidity will apply, with check-in facilities in the Olympic Village, with baggage transport and storage at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. To avoid saturation of the check-in areas on the day of the big departure, the sports delegations will also be entitled to a special boarding lounge at Paris-CDG to go through the control procedures.
But the things put in place for the Olympic Games will also benefit business travellers later on. The ADP Group has invested in the deployment of additional safety locks There will be 188 border controls this summer, compared with 121 in 2023. There will be 152 at Paris-CDG and 36 at Paris-Orly. At the same time, new security scanners have been deployed. The major advantage for passengers is that they will not have to remove their electronic equipment and liquids from their cabin baggage.
