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Geneva International Airport Aéroport international de Genève Flughafen Genf Cointrin Airport | |||||||||||||||
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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), commonly known as Cointrin Airport, 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 2010, the airport served 11,785,522 passengers and 177,401 aircraft movements.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger Airlines
Note: Some of these airlines only serve Geneva seasonally, especially during the winter ski season
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Dublin Seasonal: Cork |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran Seasonal: Constantine |
| 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 | Seasonal: Ajaccio, Biarritz |
| Air Malta | Catania, Malta |
| Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Albinati Aeronautics [5] | London City [6], Paris Le Bourget, Saint-Tropez La Môle, Moscou Vnukovo |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna |
| Baboo | Bordeaux, Bucharest-Henri Coandă [ends 25 March], Figari, Florence, Lugano, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo Seasonal: Biarritz, Ibiza, Larnaca, Saint-Tropez |
| Blue Islands | Guernsey, Jersey |
| Bmibaby | East Midlands Seasonal: Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow Seasonal: London-Gatwick |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer | Seasonal: London-City |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Czech Airlines | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Continental Airlines | Newark |
| Darwin Airline | Lugano |
| Dubrovnik Airline | Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Split |
| EasyJet | Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester Seasonal: Belfast-International, Bournemouth, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Barcelona, Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion, Hurghada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto, Pristina, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela [begins 15 May], Sharm el-Sheikh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Toulouse Seasonal: Ajaccio, Birmingham, Cagliari, Ibiza, Mykonos [begins 15 June 2011], Naples, Olbia, Split |
| EgyptAir | Cairo, Hurghada |
| El Al | Tel Aviv |
| Edelweiss Air | Hurghada, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South |
| Emirates | Dubai [begins 1 June][7] |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Finnair | Helsinki |
| Flybe | Seasonal: Exeter, Isle of Man, Jersey, Southampton |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain [begins 29 March] |
| Hello | Antalya, Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Tarbes/Lourdes |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Iceland Express | Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Jet2.com | Leeds/Bradford Seasonal: Belfast-International, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester |
| Jet4you | Casablanca |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam |
| Kuwait Airways | Frankfurt, Kuwait |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw |
| Lufthansa | 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 | Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich |
| Luxair | Luxembourg |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut |
| Monarch | Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester |
| Nouvelair | Djerba, Monastir |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Rossiya | Seasonal: St Petersburg |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Marrakech |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Manchester, Riyadh |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Small Planet Airlines | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Sun d'Or International Airlines | Tel Aviv |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Athens, Barcelona, Madrid, Moscow-Domodedovo, New York-JFK, Tel Aviv, Zürich |
| Swiss operated by BMI | London-Heathrow |
| Swiss operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Budapest, London-City, Prague, Zürich Seasonal: Málaga, Manchester, Palma de Mallorca |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon, Porto |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal: London-Gatwick |
| Thomson Airways | Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton Seasonal: Manchester |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Rotterdam |
| Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Twin Jet | Marseille, Milan-Malpensa |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspol |
| United Airlines | Washington-Dulles |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Madrid, Tashkent |
Cargo Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirBridgeCargo Airlines | |
| DHL Aviation | Brussels, Leipzig-Halle |
| El Al Cargo | Tel Aviv |
| Farnair Switzerland | Cologne/Bonn |
| Jade Cargo International | Shanghai |
| TNT Airways | Basel/Mulhouse, Liège |
Other facilities
The airline Baboo has its head office on the grounds of the airport and in Grand-Saconnex.[8][9]
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, machines dispense 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 23, 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.
- ^ Geneva airport statistics
- ^ Aircraft Operator Certificat 1036 delivered by FOCA
- ^ Aircraft Operator with Certification for London City
- ^ http://www.ameinfo.com/250425.html
- ^ "Flybaboo SA." Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "21 rte de l'Aéroport Main Building 3rd floor Geneva 15 Geneva, 1215 Switzerland."
- ^ "Conditions générales de transport Flybaboo." Baboo. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "Le siège social est domicilié 21 route de l'Aéroport - Genève [Suisse]."
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