Charles de Gaulle airport and Echo 4

Charles de Gaulle is the largest airport serving Paris and the second busiest passenger airport in Europe after London Heathrow.

Did you know?

• Reducing the taxi time increases fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

What are we doing?

• CDG has constructed Echo 4, a new taxiway located to the East of CDG, which helps reduce taxi time, the number of stops, as well as fuel consumption. Echo 4 is 25 metres wide and can accommodate jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380.

What is the result?

• Due to Echo 4, , the airlines operating from Terminal 2 at CDG will reduce their taxi time by 90,000 minutes and save nearly 1.1 million litres of fuel during one year.