Paris 2024, a two-week spectacle, is expected to bring an influx of athletes, officials, and spectators from around the globe. The means the complex network of conveyor belts, scanning devices, and automated sorting systems at the French capital’s Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly (ORY), Le Bourget (LBG) and Beauvais-Tille (BVA) airports will be working at maximum capacity to meet the increased demand.
According to Groupe ADP, which manages Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget, a total of 60,000 accredited Olympic guests, including athletes and coaches, alongside 20,000 members of government delegations and global media, will pass through its airports over the entire Olympic Games period (Beauvais is managed and operated by SAGEB, which is 51% owned by the Hauts-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 49% by Transdev). That represents 115,000 pieces of luggage, including 17,000 oversized items such as bicycles, poles, and kayaks, compared with around 1,000 oversized items handled by the airports in a normal year, Groupe ADP told Airports International.
