Geneva International Airport is located on the border of Switzerland and France and is used by residents and guests of both countries. The two airport terminals are conventionally divided into French and Swiss. Passengers traveling to France (or arriving from there) are not required to pass customs and immigration control if the French sector is used.

The airport carries out both passenger and freight traffic. Annually the airport admits 12 million passengers. In total, the airport operates up to 70 passenger and five cargo airlines. Coantran is equipped with two runways. The schedule of take-offs and landings during the day is very dense due to the inability to use the airport at full strength at night (due to noise level restriction at night).

How to get to

You can get to Geneva by train (less than ten minutes, the train station is right in the airport building), by bus (departing from the airport every 10 minutes ) or by taxi.

The bus also runs directly to the tourist centers of France and Switzerland. The fare depends on the tour operator organizing your trip. Many of them pay the price of a bus trip to the cost of transport costs for the flight

Services

Geneva Airport is considered to be one of the most comfortable in Europe. Not far from the airport there are several hotels. The most popular is the Crowne Plaza, the room rate per day starts at 100 Swiss francs. Free buses run to all hotels

Many tourists prefer to stop not in Switzerland, but in the nearest French village of Fernier-voltaire. The cost of living there is lower, and most of the establishments are open around the clock, whereas in Switzerland after 7 pm many points of the service sector are closed.

There are restaurants and shops at the airport, passengers are served at a very high level. The work of all airport services is perfect. From midnight to 4 am, the airport building is closed to the entrance and exit for preventive works. Passengers do not need to leave the building, they can spend time in convenient waiting rooms with free Wi-Fi.

• Telephone for inquiries: +41 (22) 717-71-11.
• Airport site: www.gva.ch

All prices are quoted as of June 2013

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