Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport

Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
Aéroport Lyon-Saint-Exupéry
IATA: LYS – ICAO: LFLL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Aéroport de Lyon
Serves Lyon, France
Location Colombier-Saugnieu
Focus city for Air France
Elevation AMSL 821 ft / 250 m
Coordinates 45°43′32″N 005°04′52″E / 45.72556°N 5.08111°ECoordinates: 45°43′32″N 005°04′52″E / 45.72556°N 5.08111°E
Website lyonaeroports.com
Maps

Rhône-Alpes region in France
LFLL

Location of airport in Rhône-Alpes region.

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18R/36L 4,000 13,124 Asphalt
18L/36R 2,670 8,760 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 8,451,039
Freight (tons) 33,327
Source: French AIP[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport (French: Aéroport de Lyon-Saint-Exupéry) (IATA: LYS, ICAO: LFLL), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is the international airport of Lyon, the third-biggest city in France and an important transport facility for the entire Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) east southeast[2] of Lyon city centre.

History

Early years

The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 April 1975 and opened to passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon–Bron Airport which could not be extended as it was located in an urban area.

In 1994 the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed rail line brought TGV service to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille. The fan-shaped canopy of the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, is the airport's most notable architectural feature.

Since 1997, the airport has been a focus city for the airline Air France.

Development since the 2000s

The airport was originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, but in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on the centenary of his birth. He was a native of Lyon, and a laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, and died in the Second World War.

In 2013, the airport served 8,562,298 passengers, an increase of 1.3% over the previous year. Air freight increased by 22.7% to 44,820 tonnes, although overall aircraft movements dropped by 2.8% to 113,420.[3]

Facilities

The airport consists of three terminals and two runways aligned north–south. The airport has 18 jetways in all three terminals. Terminal 3 is used by low-cost airlines and has very basic facilities.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal building
Departure gate area

Passenger

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes 1
Aer Lingus Dublin
Seasonal charter: London Gatwick 		1
Aigle Azur Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Sétif 1
Air Algérie Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Constantine, Oran, Sétif, Tlemcen 1
Air Arabia Maroc Casablanca 3
Air France Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse 2
Air France
operated by Air Corsica 		Ajaccio, Bastia
Seasonal: Calvi, Figari 		2
Air France
operated by HOP! 		Bologna, Florence, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice 2
Air Malta Seasonal: Malta 1
Air MéditerranéeSeasonal: Agadir, Athens, Bodrum, Chlef, Corfu, Dakar, Djerba, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jijel, Malaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Split, Tenerife–South
Seasonal charter: Chlef, Dubrovnik, Jijel, Oslo, Seville, Shannon 		1
Air Transat Seasonal: Montreal–Trudeau 2
Airlinair La Rochelle, Poitiers 2
Austrian Airlines Vienna 2
British Airways London–Heathrow 1
Brussels Airlines Brussels 2
Chalair Aviation Cologne/Bonn,[4] Limoges 2
Croatia Airlines Seasonal: Split 1
Eastern Airways Lorient 2
easyJet Agadir, Barcelona, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brest, Casablanca, Edinburgh, Kraków,[5] Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Madrid, Marrakech, Nantes, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Bristol, Dubrovnik, Figari, Ibiza, Manchester, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca (begins 4 July 2015),[6] Split 		3
Emirates Dubai-International 2
Europe Airpost Seasonal charter: Bodrum, Izmir, Marrakech, Palma de Mallorca, Pula, Rhodes, Santorini, Seville 1
Flybe Birmingham
Seasonal: Manchester 		2
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya, Istanbul–Ataturk 1
Germanwings
operated by Eurowings 		Düsseldorf 2
HOP! Basel/Mulhouse, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Brussels, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Lille, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Montpellier, Nantes, Pau, Prague, Rennes, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Bastia, Naples
Seasonal charter: Split 		2
Iberia Express Madrid
Seasonal: Tenerife (begins 7 June 2015) [7] 		1
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum 		Madrid
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca 		1
Jetairfly[8] Agadir
Winter seasonal: Marrakech 		1
KLM Amsterdam 2
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper 		Amsterdam 2
Lufthansa Frankfurt 2
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine 		Munich 2
Montenegro Airlines Seasonal: Podgorica 1
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen[9] 1
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech 2
SunExpress Izmir, Antalya 2
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Austrian Airlines 		Zürich 2
Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Swiss Global Air Lines 		Zürich 2
TAP Portugal Lisbon 1
TAP Portugal
operated by Portugália 		Lisbon 1
Transaero Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo[10]
Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo 		2
Transavia France Funchal, Monastir, Porto, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tunis
Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Marrakesh, Oujda, Seville[11] 		3
Tunisair Djerba, Monastir, Tunis 1
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk 1
Twin Jet Stuttgart
Seasonal: Toulon 		2
Vueling Barcelona, Rome-Fiumicino
Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville 		1
WOW air Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík 3
XL Airways France Seasonal: Punta Cana
Seasonal charter: Heraklion, Málaga, Olbia, Palma 		2

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
DHL Aviation
operated by DHL Air UK 		Leipzig/Halle
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai-Al Maktoum[12]
TNT Airways Liège
UPS Airlines
operated by Star Air 		Cologne/Bonn
Europe Airpost Paris-Charles de Gaulle

Ground transport

The Rhônexpress tramway began operations in August 2010 and links the TGV railway station of Lyon Part-Dieu with the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry in less than 30 minutes (€15 single in 2013).[13][14] This new tramway has largely replaced the coach shuttle services (Satobus) that operated beforehand. More recently, Elit Voyages has started a coach shuttle service to Place Bellecour, with more reasonable fares compared to the Rhônexpress.

Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Chambéry and Grenoble.

See also

References

  1. ↑ LFLL – LYON SAINT EXUPERY (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 2 Apr 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 EAD Basic
  3. ↑ Airliner World (March 2014): 9. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  4. ↑ Chalair begin service from Lyon to Cologne/Bonn
  5. ↑ "New and dropped routes". Easyjet.
  6. ↑ "Easyjet regains growth path in Spain". 02b.com. 17 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Iberia Express conectará Canarias con Londres y Lyon". 02b.com. 28 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
  9. ↑ "Pegasus Airlines Adds New French Routes in S15". Airline Route. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Schedule". City pairs Schedule. JSC "TRANSAERO" Airlines. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.econostrum.info/Transavia-reliera-Lyon-a-la-Mediterranee_a12940.html
  12. ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo Freighter Operations get ready for DWC move". Emirates SkyCargo. 2 April 2014.
  13. ↑ The price is right for Rhonexpress in Lyon
  14. ↑ Avoid Rhonexpress – Rip off!

External links

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