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Geneva Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) — formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport — is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest [4] of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014. [5]
Switzerland's seven busiest airports by passenger traffic are Zurich Airport, Geneva Airport, Basel Airport, Bern Airport, St. Gallen Airport, Lugano Airport and Sion Airport. Only Zurich, Geneva and Basel exceed one million passengers per annum.
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in Europe, ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.Data is for 2022 with a partial population of 2023 as statistics are released and is sourced individually for each airport and from a variety of sources, but normally the national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator.
Passport controls at the Schengen external borders of Switzerland at the international airports of Geneva, Basel, and Lugano-Agno (at Zurich Airport, this is carried out by the cantonal police in Zurich, at Bern Airport by the Bernese cantonal police), as well as random checks at the land borders (internal Schengen border) and inland document ...
Geneva Airport (Geneva–Cointrin Airport) 17,677,045 Gruyère: Fribourg: LSGT Gruyère Airport: ... Zurich Airport (Zürich–Kloten Airport) 31,538,236 See also
The attack marked the beginning of a discussion about airport security that had never been raised until then in Switzerland. On 21 February 1970, a parcel bomb exploded in Swissair's Convair CV-990 on the flight SR330 (Zurich–Tel Aviv). In the crash near Würenlingen all 47 people on board were killed. Investigations revealed that a PFLP ...
Zurich Airport is located less than 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of the city in Kloten. Zurich Airport has its own railway station, which is located underground. It is directly connected to Zurich and most of the major Swiss cities. Zurich Airport is served by more than 60 passenger airlines from around the world.
The last Avro RJ100 aircraft, HB-IYZ, completed its final flight, LX7545 from Geneva to Zurich on 15 August 2017. [79] Swiss' first Airbus A220, then known as the Bombardier CS300, entered service on 1 June 2017, with its maiden commercial flight from Geneva to London–Heathrow. Swiss was the launch customer of the Airbus A220 family (formerly ...