Paris Charles de Gaulle to overtake Heathrow as Europe's top airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle is set to eclipse Heathrow airport as Europe’s leading aviation hub within 18 months, The Independent has calculated. The airport in the French capital has four runways, compared with two at Heathrow. In 2019, Paris CDG grew by around 5% to 76.15m passengers. Heathrow’s growth was 1%, to 80.9m. The Independent calculates that, if those rates of growth are sustained, Paris CDG will handle 80m passengers this year, compared with 81.7m for Heathrow. The rolling annual totals for both airports, assuming constant growth, would be equal at 82.3m at the end of July 2021. After that, Charles de Gaulle airport would move ahead. Predictions may well be confounded by the sharp decline in traffic between Europe and China because of the coronavirus outbreak. <br/>
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Paris Charles de Gaulle to overtake Heathrow as Europe's top airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle is set to eclipse Heathrow airport as Europe’s leading aviation hub within 18 months, The Independent has calculated. The airport in the French capital has four runways, compared with two at Heathrow. In 2019, Paris CDG grew by around 5% to 76.15m passengers. Heathrow’s growth was 1%, to 80.9m. The Independent calculates that, if those rates of growth are sustained, Paris CDG will handle 80m passengers this year, compared with 81.7m for Heathrow. The rolling annual totals for both airports, assuming constant growth, would be equal at 82.3m at the end of July 2021. After that, Charles de Gaulle airport would move ahead. Predictions may well be confounded by the sharp decline in traffic between Europe and China because of the coronavirus outbreak. <br/>
