An example of Geneva airport's new name and logo, unveiled 18 April
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GVA is still there as the destination if you’re looking to book a flight to Geneva, but the airport’s name has changed and it has a new logo.
Genève Aéroport – note the accent and airport in French – was unveiled at a press conference Monday morning 18 April, where 2010 financial figures for the airport were shared.
The airport formerly known as Cointrin International Airport now boasts the name of its home base city, Genève, with a decision to use French to insist on the airport’s strong francophone ties.
Genève Aéroport spent CHF30,000 for the name and look change, to Atelier Zuppinger, the winner out of the six pre-selected communications agencies that bid on the job.
New signage will be put up throughout 2011.
English speakers, here’s a helping hand for pronouncing the new name of the airport correctly, but with a slight English accent!
Inauguration of Altitude, part of the recent overhaul of restaurants and bars at Geneva Airport
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva Airport is in the black for 2009: the good news about its CHF40 million in profits for last year comes as the airport is getting back to work after a six-day closure due to volcanic ash from Iceland.
Geneva International Airport had turnover of CHF295 million for 2009, and airport authorities, in announcing the figures Monday, say development plans for the airport can move ahead.
Empty airports, big losses - Photo Peter Brodbeck
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Geneva international airport (AIG) has lost at least CHF5 million as a result of the five-day closing caused by Icelandic volcanic ashes.
According to Francois Longchamp, president of the Geneva executive council, new measures are in place to facilitate partial unemployment.
“Everything that had been earned since the beginning of year, was lost in five days,” he says.
The AIG had earlier estimated losses at CHF3.8 million.
Kloten International Airport, Zurich, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport will most likely end 2009 with 2 percent fewer passengers, a figure that is healthier than those most airports will show this year. The figure was provided by Robert Deillon, president of AIG, which manages the airport, in an interview with Swiss wire service ATS. Deillon says that only four months showed drops, while traffic increased by 4 percent each month in October and November, compared to a year earlier.
Zurich’s Kloten airport is expected to show similar figures, says Deillon.
The figures contrast with the bigger industry picture, provided 15 December by Iata (International Air Transport Association) at an annual press conference in Geneva.
They said my baggage was in Athens...
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s international airport has grown 40 percent. It showed off its new extensions 26 October. New areas for arrivals and baggage handling, a newly refurbished and centralized security process prior to departure, and more restaurants and shopping space will keep the airport competitive.
“The airport is the region’s economic lungs. Our prosperity and our status as an international city depend on its modernization, which has only just begun,” said François Longchamp, chairman of the airport’s board of directors.
Geneva Airport, arrivals
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s International Airport announced Wednesday 30 April that it has raised its own “business continuity measures” by a level, to four, in the wake of the WHO’s upgrading to alert level 5 on Tuesday. The Airport Security Service is prepared to swing into action in case passengers arrive who show symptoms of swine flu, but airport authorities stress that to date the airport is operating normally and passengers are not being inconvenienced.
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The new schedule of flights connecting Geneva to over 100 destinations during the autumn/winter season has been announced.
