| Information and help
desks |
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| Information desks (tel:
(22) 717 7105) are located on the arrival level and in the transit
area. For information and special assistance for passengers with
disabilities (tel: (22) 799 33 45). The French sector has independent
services. |
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| Airport facilities |
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| Facilities available include
two banks, a bureaux de change and ATMs, a post office, mobile phone
rental and pharmacy, showers, a range of bars, cafes and restaurants
open 20 hours a day, and shopping (including duty free). |
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| Conference and business
facilities |
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| The airport's
SkyCom business centre offers private office facilities with PC,
fax and modem, 11 conference rooms (seating from 4 to 70 people)
and secretarial and translation services (tel: 22 788 1430). There
is also a "business corner" offering basic photocopying, fax and
telephone facilities payable by credit card. |
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| Car rental |
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| Rental cars
include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz. |
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| Car parking |
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| There are
short and long term parking facilities with direct access to the
airport. An economy car park is also available for long term parking
approximately eight minutes' walk from the terminal. There is also
a dedicated car park for the French sector. |
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| Driving directions |
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| The main Swiss
sector of the airport is accessible from the N1 airport motorway
with the payment of the vignette motorway tax. From France, take
the A40 autoroute (motorway) to the border and then either the N1
airport motorway, paying the tax. In order to avoid Swiss territory
entirely, drive direct to the French sector via Ferney-Voltaire,
near Collonges on the D-984; at Ferney-Voltaire follow the signs
for Geneva and, just before Swiss customs, take the road on the
right to the Geneva Airport French Sector. |
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| Public transport and
taxis |
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| Geneva rail
station is 300m from the Departures and Arrivals floors; all trains
stop at central Geneva-Cornavin (a seven-minute journey) and there
are also direct trains to destinations throughout Switzerland and
Europe. The French sector has rail connections every 15 minutes
to the domestic French rail network. TPG (Geneva Public Transport)
has bus stops outside Departures and Arrivals. Bus 10 leaves every
ten minutes for central Geneva, and bus 18 every 30 minutes for
the U.N. Bus services from the French sector connect to regional
French towns. Aero Ski Bus provides services from Geneva International
Airport (International and French sectors) to many of the French
ski stations. Aero-Express Geneva offers shuttle services between
Grenoble, Chambéry, Lyon and Geneva International Airport. Free
hotel shuttle buses leave every 20 minutes (after 0600) outside
the Arrivals level for major hotels. |
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| Airport hotels |
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Hotels located near the
airport site with a free shuttle bus service include Crown Plaza
(tel: (22) 791 0011) and Movenpick (tel: (22) 989 9000) in Switzerland,
and Novotel in the French sector (tel: +33 4 50 40 85 23).
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| General information |
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Address: Case Postale 100, 1215 Geneva 15
International dialing code: 41
Telephone: (22)
717 7111
Fax: (22) 798 4377
Web site: www.gva.ch/en
Time zone: GMT
+1 (GMT +2 between Apr-Oct)
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