La Compagnie Is Moving To Paris Orly Airport As Of April 22, 2018

Lucky,

What do you think is their responsibility towards customers who bought tickets thinking they’d fly to CDG, and have connecting flights with other airlines from CDG (on seperate reservations since La Compangie doesn’t have any code-shares)? Are they responsible for the expenses of changing or cancelling these tickets? Are there any DOT regulations relevant here?

Davis. No. As you said a separate contract
A connection is the same ticket
“Le bus direct”. operates between the airports a single ticket is €21
Both airports are in Paris. They might refund the cost of transport but if you only allowed 3 hours or less between flights in the first instance your stuffed.

You mean no 2x flights on Tuesday?

As a Parisian born and raised boy, Orly feels to me like the really cheap one. I never fly there; the commute is bad, and the whole experience feels very low standard. I already think CDG is not at the level Paris deserves as a major city, but Orly honestly... XD

@Ben I may not be a local Parisian, but when flying from LON for Business I used to fly to Paris quite often and I completely agree with you on both points and especially CDG being an airport that Paris does not deserve.
Thanks

@Ben: "I already think CDG is not at the level Paris deserves as a major city"

Ha, you can say that again. It's probably worse than JFK, if that were possible. I haven't been through ORY and I wonder how it could be even worse - but then again, LGA is smaller and worse than JFK, so the symmetry is complete.

Support la compagnie,. Terrific airline , wish they would go to more cities

I just wish this airline flew out of O’Hare.

@ Davis Zilch, nada, nothing, nichts - or to use the fitting language - rien. That's the risk of buying separate tickets

@snic Been through Orly a few times. Not bad, but not great. It’s like a cross between LGA and MDW. The most annoying part for me is that the “halls” (independent sections of gates behind security) are very small with limited options for food or drinks. On my last trip, the border officer forgot to change the date on her exit stamp, which ironically ended up being the only readable one for the whole trip.

Not 100% sure what hall they will leave from - most long hauls seem to leave from Sud which at least has a PP lounge. The hall you depart from makes a big difference.

I appreciate that it is cheaper and faster to get to Orly most of the time, but the experience there pales in comparison to other "second airports" around the world like LGW, DMK, OAK, and others. However, speaking relatively, it isn't that much worse than CDG - at least to me; comparing ORY to CDG is like comparing bad with worse...as much as I miss living in Paris, I don't miss the airport experience there one bit!

I live just outside the south west of Paris. ORY is to the South East but it is still easier to get to CDG in the north by public transport!

Furthermore the airline lounges at ORY are generally nowhere near as good as CDG (I particularly like the Cathay lounge at CDG).

That said, if flying LaCompagnie, you will be in a contract lounge anyway and those are generally very poor at CDG so the move is no great loss on that front.

Would love to fly with them on April 31st...just don’t get why they seem not to like March 31st