Transfer Time Needed for PDG

Are you flying in and out of the same terminal? It’s difficult to judge the times during Covid. The lines could be shorter if fewer people are traveling. You’ll go through a transfer area but will have to go through security again. It’s been a long time since I transferred in CDG and can’t remember if you go thru passport control before going thru the transfer area.

I think you mean CDG? Charles deGaulle airport?
You will go thru passport control in Pairs. 1 hr 15 is a bit tight. Are both flights on Delta/AirFrance, booked thru them? If so the airlines is responsible for getting you to your final destination.
Are both flights from same terminal? I am thinking maybe not.

Might post your question on France forum as well- members there will be more familiar with CDG.

We flew from Nice thru Paris on our way home once and had a similar time frame- it was tight but Air France actually did a very good job getting us from 1 terminal to the next and ushering all travelers quickly thru passport control.

When you arrive in Rome you "go thru customs" which is just a matter of walking thru the correct door unless you have something to declare.

Yes I meant CDG. I have no terminal info yet. Both flights are on Delta/AirFrance. Coming from San Francisco so not Schengan. Will have carry on only, so running through the terminal is a no go. The Delta people assured me it is enough time. Don't know if there is a later flight CDG-FCO.
Thanks for the info. My original flights were non stop SFO-FCO, but Alitalia cancelled them and Delta gave us a CDG stop.

The good news, Ashley, is that if lockdown is over and tourists are allowed in August, transfer will probably be nearly back to normal in August. We flew into CDG last September during Covid but after the first lockdown. The only difference with pre-covid times was that the biometric booths for EU passport holders were closed for sanitary reasons. We all had to go through the line with human passport agents. We had a tight connection to Nice that we made. Right now with borders closed, it's as you describe.

Odds are you are going to arrive at Terminal 2E and odds are you will depart from Terminal 2F. That is a very easy connection during normal times and I assume that you will have your boarding pass for the ongoing flight. There is even a good chance that your Delta flight will be operated by Air France. Here is a link that you can click on and see what you will need to do if you are doing a 2E to 2F transfer. 75 minutes should be enough time. https://easycdg.com/passenger-information/connecting-flight-connections-paris-cdg-airport/transfer-terminal-2e/terminal-2e-to-terminal-2f/

1. Don't get too locked in on your flight itinerary at this point. An August reservation right now reflects guestimate times more than set-in-stone times. Airline schedules are in flux right now until 45-60 days prior to the date of travel (sometimes fewer days than that). It looks like you have a 3:25 pm SFO departure and a 12:30 pm CDG departure (that's the only 1 hr 15 min layover that comes up when searching on Aug 31). The 12:30 CDG to FCO flight is not scheduled to operate in June or July; time will tell if it holds up as part of the August schedule.

2. The Easy CDG website mentioned above is helpful. Air France has a decent area of its website for transfers in Paris, too --> https://www.airfrance.fr/FR/en/common/guidevoyageur/aeroport/correspondance-paris-cdg.htm. You can click on "Videos and Travel Times," enter your arrival/departure terminals, and then view videos about connections and info about estimated connection times.

3. The Delta customer service agents' main goal is to get you off the phone as quickly as possible. So they always say, "Yeah, you'll make it!" I once had a customer service agent tell me I would be fine on a 40-minute connection at CDG (which is less than the typically-sold minimum connection time and was flagged as "You may miss your connection" on the Delta website). I took the phone agent at his word. My plane arrived 10 minutes late, and... I made the connection (though my checked bag full of goodies for my ex-pat friend in Budapest did not). It helped that I was at the front of the arriving plane.

Who knows — controls are taking a long time at the airport because of how much info they have to check for each passenger (Covid test, etc) , so I wouldn't bet on it.

Hi, John! Kim's comment brought this thread to the top of my "My History" list today. I would encourage you to check your Delta itinerary every week between now and departure for changes.

Since my last post on this thread, the 12:30 CDG to FCO flight has been removed from the Air France schedule for nearly all of August. August 30 is now the 1st day it is scheduled to operate. EU domestic air travel demand has been much, much slower to rebound than US domestic air travel demand, so (as I said before) time will tell if that flight remains on the schedule when you are traveling.

If that flight is removed from the schedule, Delta will automatically rebook your itinerary, but sometimes Delta's automatic rebooking tool creates bizarre itineraries. And, unfortunately, the rebooking tool does not always notify passengers when they are rebooked, so it's good to check from time to time.

Happy travels!

The good news is that there are multiple flights from Paris CDG to Rome FCO per day, so if you miss your connection, you will be put on the next flight with available space, and should still arrive that day.

I have no knowledge of how things are running now, but I'll repeat my favorite story from pre-Covid times. I had a scheduled 3 hours to make a connection at CDG, but my plane was 2 hours late taking off from JFK. I ran from terminal 2E (where I landed) to 2F (where I was departing), and the agent at the security checkpoint saw that I was huffing and tense. She assured me that I had plenty of time to relax, get a coffee, and meet a girl! I would have been more interested in meeting a boy, but in Paris, it seems, there's always time for romance. Alas, no romance that day, but I did indeed have time for breakfast.

The airport in Paris is CDG, but what airport are you flying from in the US and at what time? That will tell me if the flight is operated by AirFrance.

If sf in your name stands for San Francisco, and you depart from SFO, then the flight is certainly operated by Air France (Delta does not fly from SFO to CDG). Your arrival terminal is 2E and the departing terminal is 2F. 1 hour and 15 min is tight, but very doable if the arrival is timely. If not AF flights to Rome are fairly frequent (at least in normal times) so they will simply place you in the next flight.

It’s a tight connection. My son connected on DL/AF in CDG a few years ago on his way to Prague. He had to change terminals and missed his connection. He got to Prague a few hours late, but his luggage didn’t get to the hotel until midnight.

Thank you all for the timely info on transfers at CDG-FCO. I am monitoring my flights daily to see if they hold up. And I check this site often.