Paris airports operator works on new plan after Charles de Gaulle expansion scrapped

Paris airports operator Groupe ADP is to work on a new development plan for Charles de Gaulle airport after the French government scrapped its existing Terminal 4 project. French ministers had in the summer indicated the plan to develop the additional capacity was being reviewed given the predictions for a slow return in air travel following the pandemic. Now it has confirmed it is shelving the project, both on capacity and environmental grounds. “The government has asked [Groupe] ADP to abandon its project and present it with a new one, more consistent with its objectives of combating climate change and protecting the environment,” French minister for ecological transition Barbara Pompili tells Le Monde. Group ADP confirms the government has asked it to present a new development project for the French hub. Group ADP CE Augustin de Romanet says: ”Air travel must accelerate its energy transition. We must draw the proper conclusions from this in our future projects. Following the state’s decision to request Groupe ADP to abandon the current Terminal 4 project, as well as to submit a new project for the evolution of the Paris Charles de Gaulle platform, Groupe ADP is engaging in a period of reflection on the airport’s future concerns.”<br/>