1945
Creation of the public undertaking "Aéroports de Paris", October 24.
1946
Opening of the first temporary terminal at Paris-Orly.
Reconstruction of Paris-Le Bourget airport.
Passenger volumes at Aéroports de Paris top 300,000.
1947
Construction of the first 2,100m-long "hard" runway at Paris-Orly, runway "Number 3".
Opening of the temporary North terminal at Paris-Orly.
1952
Air France transfers to Paris-Orly from Paris-Le Bourget.
This year, 1.2 million passengers pass through Paris-Orly, two times more than Paris-Le Bourget.
1953
Paris-Le Bourget hosts the International Paris Air Show.
Aéroports de Paris begins offering commercial assistance services at Paris-Le Bourget.
1958
Arrival of the first Pan Am Boeing 707 at Paris-Le Bourget.
The following year, Air France christens its first Caravelle at Paris-Orly.
1961
February 24th, French President, General de Gaulle, inaugurates the South terminal at Paris-Orly.
When commissioned, the new Paris-Orly South building receives 9,000 passengers per day.
1962
Paris-Orly has more visitors (3.4 million) than the Castle of Versailles.
Stars of the silver screen and music-hall are photographed on the passenger gangway.
1965
June 22nd, creation of the Paris-North airport at paris-Charles de Gaulle.
At the end of the year, nearly six million passengers travel through the South terminal at Paris-Orly.
1966
Four million people come to Paris-Orly South to have lunch, lounge on the terrace and watch the airplanes take off and land.
The Paris-Orly control tower is commissioned.
Construction operations begin on Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
1968
The first telescopic gangways for wide-body aircraft. Paris-Orly demonstrates its ability to adapt to the arrival of jet aircraft.
Construction of Paris-Orly West begins in October of the previous year.
1969
The South terminal at Paris-Orly reaches the 9 million passengers mark, exceeding its theoretical capacity by 50%.
Arrival of the first "Jumbo" jets (the first Pan Am Boeing 747 lands at Paris-Orly). Traffic increases more than 15% per year.
1971
The Paris-Orly West terminal, designed by Henri Vicariot, opens its doors after 40 months of construction work.
1973
Start of construction of Paris-CDG 2 airport, although Terminal 1 is not yet in service.
1974
Inauguration and commissioning of the revolutionary Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, with its terminal consisting of a central cylindrical body and seven satellites.
1976
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport welcomes the first commercial flight of the Concorde.
Inauguration of the RER railway station at Paris-CDG airport.
Passenger volumes at Aéroports de Paris exceed 20 million ; the volume has doubled in seven years.
1977
Reconversion of Paris-Le Bourget. Little by little, the airline companies begin transferring from Paris-Le Bourget to the new Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.