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| [[Continental Airlines]] | Newark |
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| [[Darwin Airline]] | Lugano |
| [[Darwin Airline]] | Lugano |
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| [[EasyJet]] | Belfast-International [seasonal], Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International [seasonal], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [seasonal] |
| [[EasyJet]] | Belfast-International [seasonal], Berlin-Schönefeld, Bournemouth [seasonal], Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International [seasonal], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [seasonal] |
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| [[EasyJet Switzerland]] | Ajaccio [seasonal], Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Barcelona, Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Birmingham [seasonal], Bordeaux |
| [[EasyJet Switzerland]] | Ajaccio [seasonal], Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Barcelona, Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Birmingham [seasonal], Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Cagliari [seasonal], Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion [begins 19 June], Ibiza [seasonal], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Malaga, Marrakech, Nantes, Naples [seasonal], Nice, Olbia [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto, Pristina [begins 19 June], Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh, Split [seasonal], Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv [begins 30 August], Toulouse |
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| [[EgyptAir]] | Cairo, Hurghada |
| [[EgyptAir]] | Cairo, Hurghada |
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| [[El Al]] | Tel Aviv |
| [[El Al]] | Tel Aviv |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Geneva | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Meyrin and Grand-Saconnex | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,411 ft / 430 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°14′18″N 006°06′34″E / 46.23833°N 6.10944°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.gva.ch/en | ||||||||||||||
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Geneva International Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) is an airport serving Geneva, Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest[1] of the city centre and has direct connections to motorways, bus lines and railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). Its northern limit runs along the Swiss-French border and the airport can be accessed from both countries. Passengers on flights to or from France do not have to go through Swiss customs and immigration controls if they remain in the French sector of the airport. The freight operations are also accessible from both countries, making Geneva a European Union freight hub although Switzerland is not a member of the EU. The airport is partially located within the commune of Meyrin and partially in the commune of Grand-Saconnex.[2][3]
The airport has a single concrete runway, which is the longest in Switzerland with a length of 3,900 m (12,795 ft), and a smaller, parallel, grass runway for light aircraft. It is a major hub for EasyJet Switzerland and Flybaboo, a lesser hub for Swiss International Air Lines and the former hub of Swiss World Airways, which ceased operations in 1998. Geneva International Airport has extensive convention facilities and hosts an office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the world headquarters of Airports Council International (ACI).
In 2009, the airport served 11,324,141 passengers, a decrease of 1.73% from 2008.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger Airlines
Note: Some of these airlines only serve Geneva seasonally, especially during the winter ski season
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Cork [seasonal], Dublin |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Constantine [seasonal], Oran |
| AirBaltic | Riga |
| Air Berlin operated by Belair | Pristina |
| Air Canada | Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson |
| Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air France operated by Régional | Ajaccio [seasonal], Biarritz |
| Air Malta | Catania, Malta |
| Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| Alitalia operated by Air One | Rome-Fiumicino |
| Atlas Blue | Marrakech |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna |
| Baboo | Athens, Biarritz [seasonal], Bordeaux, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Florence, Ibiza [seasonal], Larnaca [seasonal], London-City, Lugano, Marseille [seasonal], Milan-Malpensa, Nice, Oxford [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino, Saint-Tropez [seasonal], Toulouse, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo |
| Blue Islands | Guernsey, Jersey |
| Bmibaby | Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Manchester |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick [seasonal], London-Heathrow |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer | London-City [seasonal] |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Continental Airlines | Newark |
| Darwin Airline | Lugano |
| EasyJet | Belfast-International [seasonal], Berlin-Schönefeld, Bournemouth [seasonal], Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International [seasonal], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [seasonal] |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Ajaccio [seasonal], Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Barcelona, Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Birmingham [seasonal], Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Cagliari [seasonal], Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion [begins 19 June], Ibiza [seasonal], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Malaga, Marrakech, Nantes, Naples [seasonal], Nice, Olbia [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto, Pristina [begins 19 June], Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh, Split [seasonal], Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv [begins 30 August], Toulouse |
| EgyptAir | Cairo, Hurghada |
| El Al | Tel Aviv |
| Edelweiss Air | Hurghada, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Finnair | Helsinki |
| Flybe | Exeter [seasonal], Isle of Man [seasonal], Jersey [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal], Norwich [seasonal], Southampton [seasonal] |
| Hello | Antalya, Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Tarbes/Lourdes |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Iceland Express | Reykjavík-Keflavík [seasonal] |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Jet2.com | Belfast-International [begins 20 December; seasonal], Dublin [seasonal], East Midlands [begins 20 December; seasonal], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester [seasonal] |
| Jet4you | Casablanca |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Kuwait Airways | Frankfurt, Kuwait |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw |
| Lufthansa | Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti | Munich |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways | Munich |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich |
| Luxair | Luxembourg |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut |
| Monarch Airlines | Birmingham [seasonal], London-Gatwick [seasonal], London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal] |
| Nouvelair | Djerba, Monastir |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Primera Air | Dublin |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Rossiya | St Petersburg [seasonal] |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Manchester, Riyadh |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Sky Airlines | Adana [begins 29 May], Ankara [begins 22 May], Antalya [begins 22 May] |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Athens, Barcelona, Moscow-Domodedovo, New York-JFK, Zürich |
| Swiss operated by BMI | London-Heathrow |
| Swiss operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Budapest, London-City, Malaga [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca [seasonal], Prague, Zürich |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon, Porto |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | London-Gatwick [seasonal] |
| Thomson Airways | Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin [4],London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester [seasonal] |
| Transavia | Billund [seasonal], Rotterdam [seasonal] |
| Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Twin Jet | Marseille, Milan-Malpensa |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspol [begins 28 April] |
| United Airlines | Washington-Dulles |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
| Viking Airlines | London-Gatwick [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal] |
Cargo Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirBridgeCargo Airlines | |
| Farnair Switzerland | Cologne/Bonn |
| DHL Aviation | Brussels; Leipzig-Halle |
| Jade Cargo International | Shanghai |
| TNT Airways | Basel/Mulhouse; Liège |
Ground connections
The airport is 4 km (2.5 mi)[1] from the Geneva city centre. There is a railway station with trains to Geneva-Cornavin station, and other cities in Switzerland. There are local buses that stop at the airport. There are also buses to and from Annecy, France, and also seasonal buses to ski resort Chamonix in France and ski resorts in Switzerland.
Winter weekends see dozens of coaches at the nearby Charter terminal (former cargo terminal) meeting charter flights from all over Europe, but primarily the UK. These take holidaymakers to/from ski resorts in France, Switzerland & Italy.
Before passing through customs, a machine dispenses free 80 minute tickets for Transports Publics Genevois, which are valid for both the city buses and trains to Geneva.
Incidents and accidents
On July 23rd 1987 a hijacker was arrested by Swiss authorities on board an Air Afrique DC-10 after the plane had landed at Geneva to refuel. One passenger was shot and killed by the hijacker before he was overpowered by the crew prior to the plane being stormed by the authorities. 1 crew member and 3 other passengers were injured during the incident.
On 2 September 1998, Swissair Flight 111, bound for Geneva International Airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, crashed off of the coast of Nova Scotia due to an in-flight fire originating from the wiring in the plane. All of the 229 passengers and crew died.
Other facts of interest
- The old airport building, located next to the current building, is shown in The Adventures of Tintin story "The Calculus Affair."
References
- ^ a b c EAD Basic
- ^ "Plan de commune." Meyrin. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- ^ "PLAN DIRECTEUR." Grand-Saconnex. 117 (3/4). Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- ^ http://www.charterflights.co.uk/sabs/search.php?passengers=1&children=0&infants=0&depart=10/03/10&withinDays=4&nights=0,0&flightType=R&to=GVA&from1=DUB
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