I am planning a trip, flying from USA to Italy. On the return flight back to the USA, I can connect through either CDG (Air France, with a 1 hr 25 min connection) or AMS (KLM, with a 1 hr 40 min connection).
I read a bunch of posts here about short connections at each airport, and it seems both of these are possible - although tight, especially if there are lines at passport control or the flight is delayed. But I haven't read anything comparing the two of them against each other. I am inclined to book the KLM flight, as the things I've read suggest this is a slightly easier airport to navigate and it gives me an extra 15 minutes. Is that correct, for anyone who has experience with both? Which would you choose?
At CDG, I would come into 2F and depart 2E (using the gate assignments from today's flights)
At AMS, I would come into B and depart from E.
I could get a longer connection, but I would have to depart Italy at 6am and that will be miserable.
I am an experienced traveler and my home airport is huge, so I am very comfortable navigating big airports, fwiw.