Just over 50 years ago, on March 13, 1974, the then new Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport was opened. Since then, it has been Air France's international hub. Domestic flights, which were then operated by Air Inter and others, continued to operate primarily from Orly for the time being. In 1996, Air France set up its global hub in this city, where travelers from all over the world cross every day. Today, the airline is responsible for more than half of the airport's traffic and connects Paris with over 200 destinations in almost 100 countries around the world. The need for a third Paris airport became clear as early as the 1950s, when traffic at the capital's historic airports, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly, increased. This first terminal, designed by the young architect Paul Andreu, featured an innovative design: a central circular building connected to seven satellites. This unique structure, designed to facilitate the distribution of passenger flows, earned the terminal its nickname "Camembert", which is still used today. The first Air France flight from Paris-Charles de Gaulle took off on 30 April 1974. The Caravelle F-BHRA, the first aircraft of this type delivered to Air France, took off for Belgrade and Sofia with a crew led by the captain Henri Cibert. The company's flights were gradually transferred to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, initially serving domestic destinations (Bordeaux, Nice, Toulouse) and European destinations (London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Turin and Lisbon). The majority of its activities were transferred in November 1974, with two-thirds of the national airline's flights and part of its maintenance operations moving to Paris-Charles
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