Groupe ADP has decided to simplify the passenger journey by making a change in the names of the terminals and departure lounges. The name change will take place in March 2027, when the CDG Express is put into service.
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From March 2026, some companies that sell tickets a year in advance, for March 2027, will already integrate these new names for their passengers. The objective of the change in the name of the terminals and departure lounges is that the various movements within the airport become perfectly intuitive for all passengers, especially those on connecting flights, which concerns more than 30% of daily passengers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
This is the end of the accumulation of numbers and letters of the T2EM type (Terminal 2E hall M), all along the route. The system that will be put in place corresponds to international standards.
– The terminals will only have a number and no longer a number and/or a letter. The numbering of the terminals will follow the flow of passengers arriving by road and the RER. Terminal 1 remains Terminal 1 and each terminal will then have a number, in ascending order, from Terminal 1 to Terminal 7. - The departure lounges, once past the controls, will be identified by letters. - The parking lot of a terminal will have the same number as its terminal.
This way, passengers will only follow the numbers outside the terminals and the letters inside, as in all new airports in the world.
A large-scale project
It is a collective project, which will fully involve the airport’s 900 companies and the 90,000 employees who work there in the coming months. All signs will be changed between September and December 2026. The new signs will be temporarily covered with stickers before being all removed to be unveiled in March 2027, when the CDG Express is commissioned.
– The equivalent of changing the signage of 1/3 of the surface of Paris - More than 3,000 panels in the terminals. - 600 signs in the car parks. - 250 road signs.
Behind the scenes, all industrial systems will also have to have their renowned allocation, such as the 10,000 video surveillance cameras. Hundreds of computer applications will also have to be reconfigured.
Paris-Charles de Gaulle – key figures
– 1/3 of the surface area of Paris.
– 1st passenger airport in the EU: 76 million passengers in 2019, 70 million in 2024.
– Best European Airport for 4 Years (Skytrax).
– 328 destinations served in 119 countries.
– 3% of national wealth.
- 90,000 direct jobs at the airport, 160,000 in the Ile-de-France region.
– 11% of the value of French international trade.