Europe 1 with AFP 10:45 a.m., September 2, 2022

There are still "about a thousand pieces of luggage" lost on July 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) which could not be returned to their owner, acknowledged Friday the CEO of Groupe ADP Augustin de Romanet , who reiterated his apologies.

At the beginning of July, the CEO had described the episode as "catastrophic" for the image of the airport.

There are still "about a thousand pieces of luggage" lost on July 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) which could not be returned to their owner, acknowledged Friday the CEO of Groupe ADP Augustin de Romanet , who reiterated his apologies.

“Today, as I speak to you, we have around a thousand pieces of luggage that could not be returned to their owner,” said the boss of Paris airports on BFM Business.

35,000 pieces of luggage lost during the strike

"These are pieces of luggage whose tags have been lost, so it's almost an archaeological job for the airlines, which are responsible for finding them," he added.

On July 1, a strike by ADP employees led to a three-hour stoppage on the baggage sorters for which the group is responsible and which handle some 220,000 pieces of baggage every day.

According to the French Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune, a total of 35,000 pieces of luggage were "lost" during this strike.

A "catastrophic" episode for the image of the airport

"For me, it's the only thorn in the summer," insisted Mr. de Romanet, recalling that he had had the opportunity to apologize.

In early July, Augustin de Romanet described the episode as "catastrophic" for the image of the airport.

Apart from this hitch, "our airports have been fluid despite traffic which has been extremely heavy", he underlined, assuring that compared to other major European hubs (London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam), Paris had rather well pulled out of the game.

>> READ ALSO -

 Travel: dematerialized luggage tags to avoid check-in

"At Orly, we have found the traffic of 2019. At Charles de Gaulle, this is not the case because Asia remains closed, we are at around 80%", recalled the boss of the group, planning a return to 2019 levels for 2024. In Turkey, at Antalya airport, which ADP is the manager, the drop in attendance of Russian tourists "has been much compensated by English, by Germans", welcomed Augustin de Romanet .