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Old 30th Dec 2002, 17:44
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Titus Adduxas
 
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Question Why did they build runway 27L/09R at CDG?

I've been going to Paris CDG for 15 months now and have landed on 27R just the once - I believe they were building the linkways at the time.

On Saturday we had a 30 minute delay for our start followed by a 15 minute delay at the holding point. This morning a 15 minute delay to the start and a 40 minute delay at the holding point.

All these delays are due to Runway 27R/09L being closed. As a result one aircraft lands and then one takes off on one runway whilst the other one remains unused. This is incredibly inefficient and makes me wonder why they bothered building the other runway in the first place if they have no intention of using it.

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