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       regularly every 5–15 minutes            25 minutes to reach the Gare
       and take 25 minutes to Gare du          d’Austerlitz. An automatic train,
       Nord and 45 minutes to                  Orlyval, links the airport with
       Châtelet-Les-Halles, and then           RER Line B at Antony station,
       continue to several other major         from where trains leave every
       stations including Luxembourg,          4–8 minutes for Châtelet-
       St-Michel and Port Royal.               Les-Halles.
         Taxis take 25–45 minutes to             Taxis to the city centre take
       the centre of Paris and cost €45–       about 25–45 minutes and cost
       55. Queues for taxis can be long.       €25–30.

       Orly Airport (ORY)                       Beauvais Airport
       Paris’s other main airport, Orly, is     Beauvais airport serves mainly
       located 15 km (9 miles) south of   Orlyval train leaving Orly Airport  budget airlines. It is 70 km
       the capital. It has two terminals,       (44 miles) from Paris. A shuttle
       Orly Sud and Orly Ouest.  The shuttle Jet Bus service takes   bus service operates between
         Travellers arriving at Orly can   travellers from the airport to   Beauvais and Porte-Maillot –
       take a bus, train or taxi to central  Villejuif-Louis Aragon Metro   buses leave 20 minutes after
       Paris. The buses are run by Air   station every 15–20 minutes.  a flight has landed. Tickets are
       France Buses and RATP     A shuttle bus service (VEA) links   available in the arrivals lounge,
       Orlybus. Air France buses take   the airport with Disney land®   or at the sales points outside.
       about 30 minutes to reach    Paris. It runs every 45 minutes   Trains run from Beauvais station
       the city centre, stopping at    between 8.30am and 7.30pm.  to Gare du Nord, but Beauvais
       Les Invalides and Gare de     Orlyrail bus service links the   station is a 15-minute taxi-ride
       Montparnasse. The Orlybus runs   airport with RER Line C at Pont   from the airport, and the train
       every 12–20 minutes and takes   de Rungis. Trains leave from here   journey takes 75 minutes into
       about 25 minutes to reach the   every 15 minutes (every 30   Paris. Taxis take 1–1½ hours
       city centre at Denfert-Rochereau.   minutes after 9pm), taking    and cost about €100–130.
                               DIRECTORY
        Main Airlines   easyJet      Singapore Air  RER Trains
        Serving Paris  Tel 0330 365 5000 (UK),   Tel 08 21 23 03 80   Tel 3246.
                      0820 420 315 (France).    (France),
        Air Austral   ∑ easyjet.com   +33 1 53 65 79 00    CDG Airport
        Tel 0825 013 012 (France).   (from abroad).  Hotels
        ∑ air-austral.com  Emirates  ∑ singaporeair.com
                      Tel 01 57 32 49 99            Holiday Inn
        Air Canada    (France).      Thai Airways   Tel 01 30 18 22 00.
        Tel 01 888 247 2262    ∑ emirates.com   Tel 01 800 426 5204 (USA),   ∑ holidayinn.com
        (Canada),                    01 55 68 80 70 (France).
        0825 880 881 (France).  Etihad Airways   ∑ thaiairways.fr   Ibis
        ∑ aircanada.com   Tel 01 57 32 43 43   United    Tel 01 49 19 19 19.
                      (France).                     ∑ ibishotel.com
        Air France    ∑ etihad.com   Tel 01 800 864 8331 (USA),
        Tel 36 54 (France).          01 71 23 03 35 (France).    Novotel
        ∑ airfrance.fr   Flybe       ∑ united.com   Tel 01 49 19 27 27.
                      Tel 0371 700 2000 (UK),       ∑ novotel.com
        American Airlines   +44 1392 683152 (outside   Wizz Air   Sheraton
        Tel 01 800 433 7300 (USA),   UK). ∑ flybe.com   Tel 08 99 86 07 29 (France),   Tel 01 49 19 70 70.
                                     0911 752 2257 (UK).
        08 21 98 09 99 (France).     ∑ wizzair.com  ∑ starwoodhotels.com
        ∑ aa.com      Jet2
                      Tel 0333 300 0404 (UK),
        British Airways   0821 230 203 (France).   Airport Transfer   Orly Airport
        Tel 0844 493 0787 (UK),   ∑ jet2.com   Information  Hotels
        0825 825 400 (France).       Air France Buses    Hilton Hotel
        ∑ britishairways.com  Qantas
                      Tel 13 13 13 (Australia),   ∑ cars-airfrance.com   Tel 01 45 12 45 12.
        Cathay Pacific   0845 7 747 767 (UK),    Airport Shuttle   ∑ hilton.com
        ∑ cathaypacific.com    01 57 32 92 83 (France)  Tel 01 82 28 38 70.    Ibis
        Delta         ∑ qantas.com   ∑ parishuttle.com   Tel 01 56 70 50 50.
        Tel 0871 221 1222 (UK),    Ryanair   RATP Roissybus/   ∑ ibishotel.com
        01 800 221 1212 (US),    Tel 0871 246 0000 (UK),   Orlybus   Mercure
        08 92 70 26 09 (France).   01 80 14 44 53 (France).   Tel 3246 (information).    Tel 08 25 80 69 69.
        ∑ delta.com   ∑ ryanair.com  ∑ ratp.fr      ∑ mercure.com



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