Eerily silent Paris airport marks Easter without air travel rush

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Easter at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport typically starts two weeks early as extra staff are trained to cope with one of the busiest weekends ...

Luggage is seen as a passenger waits for check-in in the departures area of the Terminal 2E at Charles-de-Gaulle airport amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Roissy, near Paris, France April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Christian HartmannShare this contentPARIS: Easter at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport typically starts two weeks early as extra staff are trained to cope with one of the busiest weekends of the year.

Adjusting for different dates for Easter, throughput on the few open concourses is closer to 20-25per cent of a usual Easter.The enforced lull is more striking given that the airport's 11 terminals have been condensed into two during the pandemic, though some were already closed for maintenance. The original 2B was closed for repairs before the crisis but much of the rest of the Terminal 2 complex has been transformed from a snarl of traffic jams to a bowl of deserted concrete.

That contrasts with crowded scenes observed this week in China and the United States, two fast-recovering markets.

 

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