If s thousands of passengers found themselves stranded at Roissy on Christmas Eve, it is only because of the snow, said, yesterday, Pierre Graff, President and CEO of Aéroports de Paris (ADP), accused of not being able to manage the snowy December 23 episode. Response on France Inter to a section of the "Figaro" denouncing "the incredible missed ADP", the pattern of the airport operator, but is was still expressed on the case pending the investigation report, found that his company "did had not done", had been victim of exceptional weather conditions, and not from a shortage of product de-icer (glycol) mentioned in the press.
"Contrary to what could be read, it never was failure of Glycol, Pierre Graff said categorically. We had enough to ensure the flight program. But the weather conditions have become unbearable. Instead of ten minutes in normal time, time for aircraft de-icing is spent 20 minutes, he explains. "Icing on the cake: one of our subcontractors had to interrupt its operations of defrost time to shovel ZDC become slippery. This version of the facts, which must be confirmed by the report expected Monday, contradicts commonly the explanation of a shortage of glycol at the origin of the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
As the unveiled yesterday "le Figaro", Pierre Graff has yet written to the responsible Minister, December 22, to guard against the risk of shortage of de-icing. But this risk not would be completed and would not be the cause of December 23. In his letter, which we have had knowledge, the pattern of ADP recommends measures to secure the production of glycol, he threatened by a shortage of raw materials. He suggested including a possible requisition of staff striker of the LyondellBasell of Fos-sur-mer factory, which manufactures one of the ingredients of the glycol-based. But Pierre Graff is also stated that in the current state, "it is possible to cope with planned snow episodes".
Confidence of the public authorities
Similarly, if icing operations had to be interrupted for 1 h 30 during 23 day, it is "for security reasons", said Pierre Graff, and not not a strike surprise for Alysia, a subsidiary of ADP and dégivreuses. It was clear an area of one hectare, to not endanger the officers perched in mobile pods 25 metres above the ground. A notice of strike well filed in Alysia date here, but it related only to terminal 1 aircraft cleaning personnel.
However, this explanation does not address the question of cancellation of flights from December 24, which have forced hundreds of passengers to réveillonner at the airport. From statements of Air France-KLM, ADP would well referred a risk of shortage of glycol at a crisis meeting 23-night to convince the DGAC set aside 35 of flights. About a third of flights could finally leave this day there. The investigation report will have to clarify this point.
However, Pierre Graff is not worried. It prepares "proposals" and is willing to "suréquiper" to deal with the exceptional weather conditions, the CEO of ADP believes "have the confidence of the public authorities". Is it not to be appointed administrator of France Telecom, for to represent the State, in lieu of the former boss of the ISP, Gilles Michel Only a Union is in is moved, referring to a possible conflict of interest, with the activities of its subsidiary, ADP Hub Telecom.
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