Preparing for my journey

Security checks generally open every day at:

• 4:30 for departures from the International Sector

• 05:00 for departures from the French Sector

Please note that opening times may vary depending on the crowd.

From 23 June and throughout the summer, the security check will be open from 04:00.
 

A variety of hotels of different categories are available that offer accommodations tailored to your needs.

Some hotels provide easy and quick access to the airport with free and/or paid shuttle services.

Please find the complete list.

Yes, Genève Aéroport provides a wrapping service for the luggage « Bag Wrap » on the Check-in level.

You can not use a bag to carry your bike. Cardboard bike boxes are sold at Swissport check-in counter 100 (generally opened from 04:00 to 21:00) for CHF 20.- each . The are no tools available.

For any questions relating to the carriage of bicycles by air (conditions, packaging, etc...), please contact the airline concerned directly.

The number of hold baggage allowed, their size and their weight, as well as the excess baggage rates vary from one airline to another.

Please contact the airline or check its website.

The conditions applicable to the check-in of special equipment vary for each airline.

For questions regarding special baggage or pets, please:

• see the information page about the hold baggage;
• directly contact the relevant airline.

Summary checklist of the main things to be done when travelling abroad.

We invite you to visit the WHO and HEALTHYTRAVEL (FR+DE) websites or ask your doctor for information.

GVApp asks for access because our application provides the ability to scan your boarding pass (using your phone’s camera) to automatically enable flight tracking or sharing a flight with some of your contacts.

Check-in formalities can be completed up to 24 hours before departure on some airlines.

Please see the list of airlines, where the various check-in procedures that can be used are shown
for each airline.

There is a course to address fear of flying given in Geneva, Switzerland.

It is distributed by Mrs Fabienne Regard, in collaboration with Genève Aéroport, Swiss International Air Lines and Skyguide.

Next dates of courses, person of contact and other information at www.volersanspeur.info.

Since Switzerland is not a member of the customs union established by the European Union (which also provides for the free movement of goods), customs controls remain in place.

For any further information, contact the Swiss Customs Administration SCA.

If you are travelling with a pet, please refer to the information from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, Genève Aéroport veterinary service.

The importation into Switzerland of plants, fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, seeds and other fresh parts of plants, soil and certain woods from countries outside the European Union (EU), the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla and French overseas territories is prohibited.

The only fruit allowed to be imported into Switzerland without being subject to control are pineapples, coconuts, durians, bananas and dates from all countries.

The list of airlines subject to a ban on landing in Switzerland, and other information, is available
on the internet site of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA).

The list of airlines subject to an operating ban within the European Union is available on the
European Commission's internet site.