Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport

Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport Aéroport Lyon-Saint-Exupéry
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IATA: LYS – ICAO: LFLL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Aéroport de Lyon
Serves	Lyon, France
Location	Colombier-Saugnieu
Focus city for	Aigle Azur Air France EasyJet HOP! Transavia France Twin Jet
Elevation AMSL	821 ft / 250 m
Coordinates
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 (2015)
Passengers 8,703,354 Passenger change 14-15 2.8% Freight (tons) 51,629 Freight change 14-15 4.0%
Source: French AIP French AIP at EUROCONTROL

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 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast 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 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.

Facilities

The airport consists of three terminals and two runways aligned north–south. The airport has 18 jetways in terminals 1 & 2. Terminal 3 is used by low-cost airlines and has very basic facilities.

With its three terminals, the airport has a capacity of 9.6 million passengers.

In 2014, Aéroports De Lyon started the construction of a new terminal, which will double the capacity and the area, with 70,000 m². It is planned to be opened by 2017, and could accommodate the Airbus A380. Terminal 3 should be demolished after the completion. Four groups took part in the tender process to design and develop 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 lead by Graham Stirk, Chabanne and Partners, engineers Technip TPS and Cap Ingélec, and Inddigo.

A total of 16,000 car spaces in 6 parkings are available. Two of the parkings are underground, but the long-stay parkings are located at a distance of more than 1 km from the terminals, thus a free bus shuttle service runs 24-7.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal building

Departure gate area

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Athens Seasonal: Heraklion, Kalamata, Rhodes	1
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1
Aer Lingus	Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick	2
Aer Lingus operated by BA CityFlyer	Seasonal: Dublin (ends 11 June 2016)	1
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo	2
Aigle Azur	Algiers, Constantine, Dakar, Porto, Oran, Sétif Seasonal: Béjaïa (begins 2 July 2016)	1
Air Algérie	Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Constantine, Oran, Sétif, Tlemcen	1
Air Arabia Maroc	Casablanca	3
Air Canada	Montréal–Trudeau (begins 17 June 2016)	2
Air Corsica	Ajaccio, Bastia Seasonal: Calvi, Figari	2
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly	2
Air Malta	Seasonal: Malta	1
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau	2
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Hamburg	2
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	2
Blue Air	Bucharest (begins 4 June 2016)	1
British Airways	London–Heathrow	1
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	2
Chalair Aviation	Limoges	2
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal: Split	1
easyJet	Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Faro, Kraków, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Madrid, Marrakech, Nantes, Naples, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse, Venice Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Belfast–International, Biarritz, Bristol, Catania, Dubrovnik, Figari, Ibiza, London–Southend, Manchester, Minorca (begins 1 July 2016), Mykonos (begins 2 July 2016), Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa (resumes 1 July 2016), Split	3
Emirates	Dubai–International	2
Eurowings	Düsseldorf	2
Flybe	Birmingham, Hannover (begins 1 August 2016), Manchester (begins 1 August 2016), Southampton (begins 4 June 2016)	1
Germania	Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick, Pristina (begins 25 June 2016)	1
HOP!	Aurillac, Biarritz, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brest, Brive, Brussels, Caen, Clermont–Ferrand, Gothenburg, La Rochelle, Lille, Luxembourg, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Milan–Malpensa, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Orly, Pau, Poitiers, Prague, Rennes, Rome–Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Venice Seasonal: Bastia, Florence, Toulon (begins 4 July 2016)	2
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca	1
Iberia Express	Madrid Seasonal: Tenerife–South	1
IGavion operated by Skytaxi	Angers (begins 15 September 2016), Chateauroux (begins 15 September 2016)	TBA
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Manchester	2
Jetairfly	Agadir Seasonal: Marrakech Seasonal charter: Heraklion, Ibiza, Kerkyra, Kos, Menorca, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South	1
KLM	Amsterdam	2
KLM Cityhopper	Amsterdam	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	2
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti	Munich	2
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	2
Monarch Airlines	Seasonal: London Gatwick, Manchester	2
Montenegro Airlines	Seasonal: Podgorica	1
Nouvelair	Seasonal: Tunis Charter: Djerba, Monastir	1
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen	1
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakech	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 operated by Portugália	Lisbon	1
Tassili Airlines	Algiers	1
Travel Service	La Palma	2
Transavia France	Agadir, Algiers, Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Monastir, Porto, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tunis Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Marrakesh, Oujda, Rhodes, Seville, Valencia	3
Tunisair	Djerba, Monastir, Tunis	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	1
Twin Jet	Stuttgart	2
Vueling	Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville	1
WOW air	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík	3
XL Airways France	Saint–Denis de la Réunion Seasonal: Punta Cana	1

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
DHL Aviation operated by DHL Air UK	Leipzig/Halle
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai–Al Maktoum
FedEx Express operated by ASL Airlines Ireland	Marseille, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
TNT Airways	Liège, Vitoria
UPS Airlines operated by Star Air	Cologne/Bonn, Toulouse

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). This new tramway 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. In 2015, Ben's Bus started selling shared transfers to the surrounding French ski resorts, including Tignes, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens and more.

Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Grenoble (at least once an hour) and Chambéry.

See also

• Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (Argentina)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Aéroport de Lyon Saint Exupéry (Union des aéroports français)