Genava Airport Transit

[C8PPO]

Does anyone know whether you can transit GVA from the Swiss side tot eh french on foot/whilst still in the terminal? We're flying in with Swiss Air, but final destination is France and we need to hire a car, and car hire is a fair bit cheaper on the French side for some reason.

[andy ted]

Swiss hire cars come with the vignette to allow you to use the Swiss motorways plus winter equipment needed by law in Switzerland (sometimes still an option price wise though!) and needed if you are heading anywhere near the alps in France. You can hire a car from the 'French side' at Geneva without needing anything special to transit there but unsure of the winter kit situation. - one thing to keep in mind is dropping them off at the end it always used to be a lot more hassle and a pain to find though there has been quite a lot of work at Geneva recently so not sure if that has changed.

Depends on how big the difference is I suppose! I always go for a swiss side one if I possibly can especially in winter.

Hope that helps

Andy

[AndyACB]

Access to the French Sector: arriving passengers

From an international flight (except France)
On leaving the plane, follow the usual passenger route.
Collect baggage from the baggage carousel.
Go through Swiss customs. Go up to the Check-in level.
On the Check-in level, follow the "destination France" signs.

Coming from a French flight
Disembarkation directly in the French sector (same basis as a domestic flight).
Exit can be in France or in Switzerland: - Follow the signs on leaving the plane.

Please note that bags are first delivered on the baggage conveyor in the French sector. If they are not collected there, they are automatically routed to the main baggage carousel!

[C8PPO]

OK, thanks