Main airport serving Lyon, France
LyonâSaint ExupĂ©ry Airport (French: AĂ©roport de Lyon-Saint ExupĂ©ry ), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport (
IATA : LYS ,
ICAO : LFLL ), is the
international airport of
Lyon , the third-biggest city in
France and an important transport facility for the entire
Auvergne-RhĂŽne-Alpes region. It lies in
Colombier-Saugnieu , 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Lyon's city centre. The airport is 30 minutes from the
Lyon-Part-Dieu business district by the
RhĂŽnexpress tram.
[1]
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
LyonâBron Airport , which is now only used for
general aviation .
In 1994, the
LGV RhĂŽne-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 , after the nearby
eponymous village , 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
World War II .
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.
[2]
Facilities
The airport consists of passenger terminals 1 and 2 which are interconnected on the landside by a central building that itself has a foot-bridge to the nearby
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry high-speed railway station and the
RhĂŽnexpress terminus.
[3] The airport also features two runways as well as cargo facilities. A total of 16,000 car spaces in four car parks (P2-P5) are available. Two of the parks are underground (P2 and P3) while the long-stay parks (P4 and P5) are located at a distance from the terminals behind the railway station.
[3]
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 consists of two parts: The older part is a two-storey, slightly curved, brick shape building which contains the check-in areas 11, 12, 14, 18 and 19 as well as departure areas G and F on the upper level with the arrivals on the ground level.
[3] In 2014, AĂ©roports de Lyon started the construction of a new terminal expansion, which doubled the capacity and the area, with 70,000 m2 .
[4] Four groups took part in the tender process to design and develop the expanded Terminal 1. The bid was won by the GFC Construction company in partnership with Quille Construction (
Bouygues ) and Bouygues Energies & Services. The architectural practice was
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners led by
Graham Stirk , Chabanne and Partners, engineers
Technip TPS and Cap Ingélec, and Inddigo.
[5] [
unreliable source? ] The expanded Terminal 1 opened in June 2018. It has a circular shape with check-in area 10 and additional arrivals facilities on the ground level and departure gates B and C on both upper levels.
[3] It is also connected by a tunnel to a small satellite building containing the D gates, now mainly used by
easyJet and
Transavia France , while the other areas serve
Star Alliance carriers and
Emirates , among others.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is a duplicate of the older part of Terminal 1, containing check-in areas 20 and 21 with boarding areas Q and P on the upper level and arrivals facilities on the lower level. This terminal area is mainly used by
Air France .
[3]
Terminal 3 (defunct)
The former Terminal 3 was a very basic facility used by
low-cost carriers . It was demolished during Terminal 1 expansion. The satellite building is still open, however; it now houses the âDâ gates for low cost airlines such as easyJet.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal:
Athens ,
Heraklion
[6]
Aer Lingus
Dublin Seasonal:
Cork
[7]
Air Algérie
Algiers ,
Annaba ,
Batna ,
BĂ©jaĂŻa ,
Biskra ,
Constantine ,
Oran ,
SĂ©tif ,
Tlemcen
Air Arabia
Casablanca ,
FĂšs ,
Tangier
[8] Seasonal:
Oujda
[9]
Air Cairo Seasonal:
Luxor
[10]
Air Canada
MontrĂ©alâTrudeau
[11]
Air Corsica
Ajaccio ,
Bastia Seasonal:
Calvi ,
Figari
Air France
Amsterdam ,
[12]
Biarritz ,
Bordeaux ,
Brest ,
Caen ,
Lille ,
Marseille ,
Nantes ,
Nice ,
ParisâCharles de Gaulle ,
Pau ,
Rennes ,
Strasbourg ,
Toulouse Seasonal:
Ajaccio ,
Bastia ,
Brive ,
[13]
Calvi ,
Figari
[14]
Air Montenegro
Podgorica
[15]
Air Serbia
Belgrade
[16]
Air Transat
MontrĂ©alâTrudeau
AJet
IstanbulâSabiha Gökçen
[17]
ASL Airlines France
Algiers
Austrian Airlines
Vienna
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines
Gothenburg
[18]
British Airways
LondonâHeathrow Seasonal:
LondonâGatwick
[19]
Brussels Airlines
Brussels
Chalair Aviation
Limoges ,
Poitiers
Corsair International
Saint-Denis de la RĂ©union Seasonal:
Pointe-Ă -Pitre
Croatia Airlines Seasonal:
Split
easyJet
Athens ,
[20]
Barcelona ,
Bordeaux ,
Budapest ,
Copenhagen ,
Edinburgh ,
Faro ,
Funchal ,
Hurghada ,
[21]
Lanzarote ,
La Rochelle ,
[22]
Lisbon ,
LondonâGatwick ,
LondonâLuton ,
Madrid ,
MĂĄlaga ,
[23]
Manchester ,
Marrakech ,
Nantes ,
Naples ,
Porto ,
Prague ,
[24]
Rabat ,
[25]
RomeâFiumicino ,
TenerifeâSouth ,
Toulouse ,
Venice Seasonal:
Agadir ,
Ajaccio ,
Alicante ,
[26]
Bastia ,
BelfastâInternational ,
Biarritz ,
Bournemouth ,
[27]
Bristol ,
Cagliari ,
[28]
Calvi ,
Catania ,
Chania ,
Corfu ,
Dubrovnik ,
Figari ,
Heraklion (begins 30 June 2024),
[29]
Ibiza ,
Kos ,
[24]
Liverpool ,
[30]
Menorca ,
Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 4 January 2025),
[31]
Olbia ,
Palermo ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
Split
Emirates
DubaiâInternational
Eurowings
DĂŒsseldorf
FlyOne
Yerevan
Iberia
Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal:
Manchester
KLM
Amsterdam
KM Malta Airlines Seasonal:
Malta
[32]
Lufthansa
Frankfurt ,
Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal:
Oslo ,
[33]
StockholmâArlanda
[34]
Nouvelair Seasonal:
Djerba ,
Monastir ,
[35]
Tunis
Pegasus Airlines
IstanbulâSabiha Gökçen ,
Kayseri
[36]
Qatar Airways
Doha
[37]
Royal Air Maroc
Casablanca ,
Marrakech
Royal Jordanian
AmmanâQueen Alia
[38]
Sky Express Seasonal:
Heraklion
[39]
SunExpress Seasonal:
Antalya ,
[40]
Izmir
[41]
TAP Air Portugal
Lisbon
Transavia
Agadir ,
Algiers ,
Beirut ,
BĂ©jaĂŻa ,
Casablanca ,
[42]
Constantine ,
FĂšs ,
[43]
Funchal ,
Istanbul ,
[44]
Marrakesh ,
Monastir ,
Oran ,
Oujda ,
[45]
Porto ,
Tel Aviv ,
[46]
Tunis Seasonal:
Alicante ,
[47]
AmmanâQueen Alia ,
[48]
Athens ,
Bari ,
Catania ,
[49]
DakarâDiass ,
[44]
Djerba ,
Faro ,
Gran Canaria ,
Heraklion ,
Hurghada ,
[44]
Ibiza ,
[47]
MĂĄlaga ,
Menorca ,
[47]
Olbia ,
Palermo ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
[50]
Rhodes ,
[50]
Santorini ,
[50]
Seville ,
StockholmâArlanda ,
[51]
TenerifeâSouth ,
[44]
Tirana ,
[52]
Valencia ,
[50]
Yerevan
[43]
Tunisair
Djerba ,
Monastir ,
Tunis
Turkish Airlines
Istanbul
Twin Jet
Bologna ,
[53]
MilanâMalpensa ,
[54]
Pau
[55]
Volotea
Athens ,
Berlin ,
[56]
Fuerteventura ,
Gran Canaria ,
Hamburg ,
[56]
Lanzarote ,
MĂĄlaga ,
Nantes ,
Porto ,
[57]
Prague ,
TenerifeâSouth ,
Valencia ,
Venice Seasonal:
Ajaccio ,
Alicante ,
Bari ,
Bastia ,
Bergamo ,
Bilbao ,
Caen ,
Cagliari ,
Corfu ,
Dubrovnik ,
Faro ,
Figari ,
Florence ,
Heraklion ,
Kalamata ,
[58]
Madrid ,
Marrakech ,
[59]
Menorca ,
Naples ,
[59]
Olbia ,
Oslo ,
[59]
Palermo ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
Rhodes ,
[59]
Santorini ,
Setif ,
Split
Vueling
Barcelona
Wizz Air
BucharestâOtopeni ,
[60]
KrakĂłw ,
[61]
RomeâFiumicino ,
[62]
Tirana
[63] Seasonal:
LondonâGatwick
[64]
Cargo
Statistics
Ground transportation
Aerial view
Departure gate area
Rail
The
RhĂŽnexpress
tramway began operations in August 2010 and links
Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu east of Lyon's city centre with
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry next to the airport in approximately 30 minutes
[68]
[69] using and sharing existing tracks of the
Lyon tramway as well as a newly constructed route. This tramway replaced the former coach shuttle services (Satobus) that operated beforehand leaving the airport with no other public connections to the city centre.
The Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry station is also served by the
LGV RhĂŽne-Alpes high speed rail line.
Coach
Coach links connect the airport with the centre of other towns in the area including
Grenoble (at least once an hour),
Saint-Ătienne and
Chambéry . Bus operators also offer a coach shuttle service to the surrounding French ski resorts, including Tignes, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens and more.
Since January 2020, two buses from
Transports en commun lyonnais are stopping at the airport:
[70]
- The bus 47, from
Meyzieu , connecting with Tram line 3 (from Gare Part-Dieu) to
Saint-Laurent-de-Mure , connecting with Bus line 1E (from Grange Blanche) via the airport. The line operates 7 days a week, from 5:30am to 11:45pm, every 30 minutes.
- The bus 48, from
Genas to the airport.
Electric car service
The airport has an electric car sharing station.
Bolloré Bluecar vehicles are available for rent.
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