Real-time data from the Qsensor platform shows average passport-control waits at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle reaching 38 minutes on 12 June, up from a rolling average of 21 minutes the previous week. Paris-Orly also recorded a surge, with non-EU queues peaking at 44 minutes during the late-afternoon North-African bank of flights. Border-police unions attribute the spike to staff redeployments towards the Franco-Swiss frontier for the G7 summit, combined with training sessions for the forthcoming EU Entry/Exit System (EES) that becomes mandatory for third-country nationals in October. Automated e-gates were intermittently switched to manual mode to test new biometric readers, further slowing throughput. International companies flying executives into Paris for the 17–18 June Vivatech conference should factor in longer arrival formalities and, where possible, book chauffeured transfers with flexible pickup windows rather than fixed-time ride-shares. Travellers with tight rail connections from CDG’s TGV station should consider booking later departures. The Interior Ministry says additional staff will return to CDG after 19 June, but advises non-EU passengers to complete France’s online passport-control pre-registration (PARAFE+) to speed up border formalities.
