Cointrin International Airport, GVA2

Cointrin International Airport – Geneva, Switzerland (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) is an airport in Geneva, Switzerland. It is located at 46°15′N, 6°8′E, 5 km from the city centre and has direct connections to expressways, 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 has a single large runway. It is a major hub for easyJet, a lesser hub for Swiss International Air Lines and the former only hub of Swiss World Airways, which disappeared in 1998.

In 2006, the airport served 9,963,025 passengers, which marked a 5.9% increase comparing to 2005.

Airlines and destinations

(Note: Some of these airlines only serve GVA seasonally, especially the Winter season.)

Aer Lingus (Dublin)
Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
Air Algérie (Algiers, Constantine, Oran)
Air Berlin (London Stansted)
Air France (Ajaccio, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse)
CityJet (London-City)
Air Malta (Catania [begins May 1, 2007], Malta)
Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Atlas Blue (Marrakech)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
bmi
bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff [seasonal], Manchester, Nottingham/East Midlands)
British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow)
Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
Clickair (Barcelona)
Continental Airlines (Newark)
Darwin Airline (Cagliari [seasonal], Dubrovnik [begins 24 May 2007], Lugano, Olbia [seasonal])
easyJet (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux [begins June 29, 2007], Bristol, Brussels [begins June 29, 2007], Budapest, Bournemouth, Cagliari [begins June 29, 2007], Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ibiza, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Madrid, Malaga, Newcastle, Nice, Nottingham, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto [begins June 29, 2007], Rome-Ciampino)
easyJet Switzerland (Hamburg, Prague)
EgyptAir (Cairo, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh)
El Al (Tel Aviv)
Edelweiss Air (Hurghada, Kos, Las Palmas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
European Air Express (Cologne/Bonn)
Farnair Switzerland (Cologne/Bonn)(cargo flights only)
Finnair (Helsinki)
Flybaboo (Biarritz [begins June 21, 2007], Florence, Ibiza, Lugano, Marseille, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Prague, Saint Tropez, Valencia, Venice)
Flybe (Birmingham, Exeter, Southampton)
Flyglobespan (Edinburgh)
Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Budapest) [awaiting gov't approval]
Helvetic Airways (Split) [begins May 17, 2007]
Iberia (Madrid, Santiago de Compostela [seasonal])
Iran Air (Tehran-Mehrabad)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti (Munich)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways (Munich)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (Stuttgart)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings (Düsseldorf)
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich)
Luxair (Luxembourg)
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
Olympic Airlines (Athens)
Qatar Airways (Doha, Newark) [begins 28 June 2007]
Rossiya Airlines (St. Petersburg)
Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
Royal Jordanian (Amman)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda)
Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen)
Swiss International Air Lines (Athens, Barcelona, Moscow-Domodedovo, New York-JFK, Zürich)
Swiss European Air Lines (London-City, Malaga, Prague, Valencia, Zürich)
TAP Portugal (Lisbon, Porto)
Thomsonfly (Doncaster-Sheffield [starts Winter 2007])
TNT Airways (Basel/Mulhouse, Liege) (cargo flights only)
Tunisair (Djerba, Monastir, Tunis)
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

Cargo Facilities

Capacity 100,000tonnes (220,460,000lbs), Warehouse 24,000m² (258,333sq ft), 3x 747 Freighter Docks, Bonded Warehouse, Transit Zone, Free Port/Foreign Trade Zone, Aircraft Maintenance, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Air-Conditioned Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Deep Freeze Storage, Mortuary, Animal Quarantine, Fresh Meat Inspection, Livestock Handling, Health Officials, X-Ray Equipment, Decompression Chamber, Security for Valuables, Fumigation Equipment, Dangerous Goods, Radioactive Goods, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre, French Sector for freight with Intra European Customs Clearing procedures

Customs

Tel: +41 (0)22 717 77 41
Fax: +41 (0)22 717 77 43
Op. Hours: Mon-Fri 08:00-12:00, 13:00-17:30; Sat 08:00-11:30
Contact: Mr Duc
Cargo Handling Agents: Jet Aviation Handling AG, Swiss Port (Geneva)

Passenger Facilities

Annual Capacity 10,000,000, 110 check-in desks, 17 airbridges, 300 short term parking spaces, 4,000 long term parking spaces, 6 Airport Hotels, Min. Connection Times Intl-Intl: 40mins, Dom-Intl: 40mins, Dom-Dom: 40mins, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Auto Exchange Machine, Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, Disabled Access/Facilities, Business Centre

Summary

Geneva Airport, Switzerland, PO Box 100, CH-1215 Geneva 15
Tel: +41 (0)22 717 71 11
Fax: +41 (0)22 798 43 77
e-mail: info@gva.ch
Website: www.gva.ch