Groupe ADP de Gaulle Airport officially started its operations in March 1974. In 1976, 20 million passengers flew through the Parisian airports. During the 1980s and 1990s, L’aéroport de Paris, which became "Aéroports de Paris" in 1989 and "Paris Aéroport" in 2016, built new satellites and terminals for the Charles de Gaulle airport (terminal 2, terminal 3). By 1987, traffic in the Parisian airports grew to 40 million. A TGV train station opened within the Charles de Gaulle airport in 1994. Aéroports de Paris became a public company on 20 April 2005, although the French government retained a majority of the company's
Sørkjosen Airport transferred from Nordreisa Municipality to the state. Sørkjosen was launched as part of a national network of regional short take-off and landing airport which was proposed in the mid-1960s. The final decision to build the airport was taken by Parliament in 1972. Both Widerøe and Norving applied to operate the subsidized regional routes in Finnmark, which included the route to Sørkjosen. Widerøe was awarded the contract in 1973. Sørkjosen Airport opened on 1 August 1974, the same day as four regional airports in Finnmark. A new fire station, serving both the airport and the municipality, was completed in 1992, costing