Review: Air France Arrivals Lounge Paris CDG

Went through CDG, for the first time, last month on the way home from TXL.

Will attempt to bypass this airport, which I had done successfully for the past 10 years, from now on.

SkyPriority line was longer than the other lines and had a 30-40 minute wait to reach the immigration officer. All-in-all 65 minutes and we were the first 2 off of the aircraft.

This was going from 2F to 2E(M).

The lounge is not open to skyteam elite plus but only to flying blue elites?

I successfully avoided CDG for the last dozen or so years and now I know why.

First off the plane and the "SkyPriority" line was 30-40 minutes deep before reaching the immigration officer.

Going from 2F to 2E(M) took 65+ minutes.

Awesome Lucky

If I have to guess, you are flying La Compagnie’s A321neo from Orly since that was where flew from st the end of the Tomorrowland report

Can’t wait

Did you have time to hang out with the homeless people in terminal 1?

Yes, yes, yes ... what is up with the "no air circulation" in all of the Air France shower rooms at CDG? Other airline shower rooms at other airports can also be bad, but AF @ CDG seems to be the worst. After a shower (a warm shower at that), I find myself profusely sweating. The sweat is just dripping off of my face. I then have to allot another 20 to 30 minutes to hang out in the lounge to try to cool off. Then I feel like I need to take another shower! Can't airline showers put portable fans in each shower room at a minimum? And turn the air conditioning on full blast at a low temperature?

Is the lounge open to arriving passengers in Delta One?

This is handy to know, thank you. I'm flying in AF in J SEA-CDG next March, have an 11 hour layover in CDG, then onward from CDG to IST later that night. We plan to arrive, go directly to the arrivals lounge, grab a shower, then head into the old center of Paris for the afternoon before returning to the airport in the evening and then flying on to IST overnight.

My concern is the limited lounge hours. You say it's open until 1 pm. Our inbound flight is scheduled to arrive at 11:15 am. At most airports that should be plenty of time but I know CDG is huge, not optimized for moving through it, and often has long lines (as you experienced).

If we come off the plane quickly, and do our best to move briskly through the airport, do you think we will have enough time to get there in time, and catch a quick shower - before they close ? Thanks

The problem is the location in terminal 2-C which is a trek when the airline is located in E/F. It would be great if was located in E

AJP - yes, absolutely!

why is the lounge in 2C? that seems ridiculous given that AF has no flights from there...

@Jason

The arrival lounge has been there since when terminal 2E did not exist and terminal 2C was an important terminal for AF long-haul flights.

AF do not have anymore their own metal flights there.

I do not know why AF has not decided to create another arrival lounge in terminal 2E.

One advantage is that very few people know that this arrival lounge exists : so there are often not soo much passengers inside.

Delta One passengers also have access. I must have been fortunate because the sky priority line at immigration was only about 10 minutes (6am on a Tuesday in June) when I was at CDG while the regular line was probably the longest I’ve ever seen.

Does the arrival lounge sell access to anyone? Or does someone need to be flying on a SkyTeam airline? I'm flying in next week on AA and I do not believe they have an arrivals lounge there. Unless someone knows better?

Thanks.

Look at the poster in the nap room! It must be decades old already.

Oh! Much-debated communal toiletries 🙂

Yes, the humidity in the shower rooms is the worst I've ever experienced in my decades of air travel. I'm just surprised AF haven't made changes despite constant complaints. I guess because those in the know, like me, just don't go there anymore which is why it's nice and empty for the new reviewers.

Nothing compared to the Lufthansa Arrival Lounge in Frankfurt - more food and nicer design that what I see here.

Are Business passengers arriving on Delta-operated or coded flight allowed entry? The sign shown in the pictures has the Delta logo, but my experience is that sometimes the Air France staff are more inclined to not allow entry for Delta passengers

Does this lounge still exist? Is there another arrivals lounge now? Flying ORD to CDG in September and would be nice to shower after a long flight.

Does the lounge still close at 1300hrs?

Is the lounge available for Delta One passengers?

I have a Hilton Amex card that comes with a priority pass for airport Lounges. . Can I access this lounge in Paris CDG ?

@ Joyce -- Unfortunately no Air France Lounges at CDG participate in Priority Pass.

Everything I am seeing online indicates that this lounge closed during COVID and has never reopened. If this is true you may want to add something to this review to indicate that the lounge is no longer available.