Car Hire Geneva Airport
Mini guide to Geneva Airport
Located five kilometres north of Geneva, Geneva Airport is a modern airport operating 24 hours per day with an annual capacity for 10 million passengers. There is an extensive domestic service and flights arrive and depart from destinations the world over.
There is one main terminal containing Swiss and French sectors, with 110 check-in desks and 17 air bridges. Essential airport facilities include banks, bureaux de change, ATMs, a post office and a medical centre. There is a lost property office on the public concourse and at the train station. Left-luggage facilities and lockers are available at the train station.
There is a range of bars, cafés and restaurants as well as a host of shops including a newsagent/tobacconist and duty-free. Other facilities include showers and a nursery. There is also a business corner offering photocopying, fax and telephone facilities. SkyCom offers private offices and conference rooms.
Geneva railway station is 300m from the Departures and Arrivals floors; all trains stop at central Geneva-Cornavin, in the city centre, from where direct trains go to destinations throughout Switzerland and Europe. Bus number 10 runs to central Geneva, and bus number 18 goes to the UN. Bus services from the French sector connect to regional French towns and various international routes to destinations in Spain, Portugal and Eastern Europe.
AeroSki Bus provides services from the airport to many of the French ski stations. By road, the main Swiss sector of the airport is accessible from the N1 airport motorway. From France, take the A40 to the border and then the N1. Taxis are available at the airport, departing from outside Arrivals.
There are 300 short-term and 4,000 long-term car parking spaces available with direct access to the airport. An economy car park is also available for long-term parking. The public areas and car park are fully accessible to wheelchairs.
Information desks (tel: (0) 22 717 7105) are located on the Arrivals level and in the transit area. The French sector has independent services. There are various tourist information offices for both Swiss and French regions located in the Arrivals areas of each sector.
