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2006-07
What are the advantages of the hub?
The hub enables a network to be built and developed
to the benefit of the passenger
• the combination of transfer and point-to-point
traffic flows enables the introduction of new
destinations and the frequencies on a given
destination to be more rapidly increased, offering
passengers greater flexibility in terms of
schedules,
• a large number of flights on the same platform
allows the concentration of flows which would
not in themselves justify the opening of air routes.
This gives conurbations such as medium-sized
cities access to an extensive number of
world-wide destinations,
• the introduction of more attractive fares,
• the practice of large scale “pooled transportation”
is economically efficient and limits noise and gas
emissions.
The hub constitutes an efficient model for reducing
costs
• the increase in traffic flows on a single platform
allows for the operation of higher-capacity aircraft,
generating a reduction in cost per seat,
• optimizing load factors leads to an improvement in
the energy efficiency of aircraft,
• the increase in the number of frequencies enables
the better use of resources in outstations.
The hub is an economically profitable model
• thanks to its two hubs, Air France-KLM attracts a
significant level of premium transfer traffic, a
testimony to the quality of the two hubs in that this
type of customer is very demanding in terms of
flexibility and service.
The future of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle
hub, 43.5 million customers
The Air France hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle has
significant growth potential. Some major developments are
going to take place with the completion of satellite S3,
known as the Galerie Parisienne, in June 2007, the
reopening of the terminal 2E embarkation pier in summer
2008, the inauguration of terminal 2G dedicated to
regional flights in September 2008 and the implementation
of an integrated baggage handling system.
This new infrastructure will integrate a full range of
e-services and the latest technological innovation
associated with them, enhancing service quality and
enabling Air France and its SkyTeam partners to handle
43.5 million passengers a year as of the winter of 2008.
Passenger activity
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