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Open Skies: Transfer in from Orly

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) on Jul 8th 2008 at 9:00AM

Several people that I have spoken with have expressed concern that Open Skies doesn't fly into Charles De Gaulle, the main airport in Paris. Is Orly further out and harder to get to than CDG?

No, it's not. It actually might be closer. To transfer in from ORY, you can use several options which I'll run through in order of risk/cost ratio – lowest risk, highest cost first.

Parisian cabs can be caught at the front of the airport, which is a short walk from the baggage claim. You can give your driver your hotel address and he'll take you straight there, or, since you flew in on Open Skies you can call the concierge, give the phone to the driver and let them sort it out. Bear in mind that this will probably cost you over 50 Euro.

The Orly bus also picks you up at the front of the airport and will drop you off at various locations in downtown Paris. Since you're getting in around rush hour, expect a bit of traffic and a 30 – 40 minute commute, but nothing spectacularly uncomfortable, time consuming or expensive. Tickets are around 10 Euro.

You can also connect to the commuter rail, or RER, via the Orlyval, ORY's version of the Airtrain. That train will drop you off at RER B's Antony station, which will take you about 15 minutes to get into the center of Paris. You can buy a ticket at the airport for about 9,20E that should connect you all of the way through, just keep your ticket handy because you have to swipe it on the way out.

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