CDG to LHR: distance bands, operating airlines, connection choices and disruption evidence for this direction of travel.
Examples, not a daily timetable. Confirm the operating airline, airports and stops on your booking.
The great-circle distance between CDG and LHR is approximately 347 km, in the up to 1,500 km band. This endpoint calculation does not add detours. For a through connection, check the original departure and last ticketed destination before selecting a compensation band.
Charles de Gaulle is CDG; Paris-Orly is ORY. A London–Paris replacement can therefore change the airport even while keeping the same city label. For an onward departure from CDG, a reroute to Orly needs a road transfer and cannot be judged only by the replacement flight's arrival time.
CDG is an EU/EEA departure, so EU261 scope does not depend on the operating airline being European. For CDG–LHR, test the actual disruption and cause next. If another regime also applies, the same disruption is not an invitation to collect duplicate compensation.
A same-ticket connection from CDG to another continent can turn a modest Heathrow delay into a substantial final-arrival delay. Keep the CDG connection in the claim, but distinguish a separately booked train to another French city. If offered a train instead of the cancelled flight, obtain written confirmation of the agreed destination.
Heathrow's crucial distinction is between a protected airside connection and two flights you booked separately. The terminal-transfer route, baggage collection and border formalities can differ even when both tickets say LHR.
Feroz Sheikh · Founder and editor, Doha, QatarReviewed 29 September 2026 · Not legal advice · Not a named lawyer review
About the editorPreliminary guidance, not legal advice or a compensation guarantee. Check your booking and official sources.