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Getting There By Air International Airport of Geneva (GVA) Tel: (022) 717 7111. Fax: (022) 798 4377. Website: www.gva.ch The airport is located five kilometres (three miles) from the city centre. The airport is served by 61 airlines carrying over seven million passengers in 1999. Major airlines: Following the industry repercussions of 11 September 2001, the national airline, Swissair, stopped flying on 31 March 2002. Many of Swissair’s flights have been transferred to the subsidiary airline, Crossair, now renamed SWISS (tel: (084) 885 2000, for economy class, or 3000, for business class; website: www.swiss.com). Other airlines operating from the airport include Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Olympic Airways, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines. Approximate flight times to Geneva: From London is 1 hour 30 minutes; from New York is 7 hours 20 minutes; from Los Angeles is 11 hours 30 minutes; from Toronto is 8 hours 30 minutes and from Sydney is 23 hours 15 minutes. Airport facilities: These include duty-free shops, newsagents, banks, bureaux de change, ATMs, a post office, travel agency, pharmacy, laundry, hairdresser, tourist information, hotel booking, airport police office, bars and restaurants. A new frontal departure lounge is scheduled for completion in 2003. Assistance is available for the disabled (tel: (022) 799 3345 or 717 8027). Car hire providers include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt. Business facilities: The Skycom Business Centre (tel: (022) 788 1430; fax: (022) 788 1431; e-mail: skycom@bluewin.ch) provides 11 fully equipped meeting and conference rooms (accommodating four to 120 people) and eight fully equipped private offices with PC, fax and modem, as well as restaurants, catering, secretarial and translation services, TV lounge and bar. Facilities are available Monday-Friday 0800-1800. Arrival/departure tax: There is a departure tax of SFr16. No arrival tax is levied. Transport to the city: Transports Publics Genevois – TPG (tel: (022) 308 3434; website: www.tpg.ch) operates a bus route (bus 10) to the city centre 0538-2420 (journey time – 35 minutes) for SFr2.20. CFF (tel: (051) 220 1111 or (0900) 300 300; website: www.cff.ch) trains leave every ten minutes from Cointrin railway station at the airport 0617-2423 (journey time – 6 minutes) and cost: SFr5 (single). Taxis to the city centre cost about SFr30-35 (journey time – 15-20 minutes). |
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