Hello, I hope this is the right community to ask this. I have a flight in December from Valencia (Spain) to Tokyo with Air France. I have a layover in Paris CDG.
The flight from Valencia to Paris arrives at CDG at 08:20 in terminal 2G. And the flight from Paris to Tokyo departs at 9:30 in terminal 2E.
I have been researching and I believe that this is not enough time to make the connection. I contacted Air France and initially they told me that it was not enough time, and they offered me some more expensive alternative flights, which I am not satisfied with, as I would arrive a day later. When I told them that their website states that they are responsible for making the connection possible, they started to say that the connection is indeed possible. I also tried to cancel the flight from Valencia to Paris and take another airline that arrives earlier, but they say that cannot be done without paying, as it is part of the same itinerary.
I don’t have much experience flying, and I would like to know your opinion.
Thank you very much!
Assuming your plane lands on time (unlikely) and you deplane in 10 minutes (also unlikely), the website linked above shows the transit between 2G and 2E to be 30-40 minutes with the passport control. Let’s say you catch the shuttle immediately so take 30 to be optimistic (also not likely)
So with everything going perfectly, you will arrive at your departure gate at 09:00, a half hour before departure and probably after boarding has already started
More likely is that your plane will be late landing, some guy will struggle getting his bags out of the overhead, you will just miss your shuttle, the person in front of you in line at passport control will not be able to find their proper documents and you will arrive at the departure gate to see your flight pulling away from the bridge.