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Lyon - Saint-Exupéry (Satolas) (LYS)
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| Time zone: |
GMT 1 |
| Country: |
France (FR) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
45°43'32"N / 5°4'51"E |
| Alternative spelling: |
Lyon-Satolas, Lione, Лион |
| Service telephone: |
+33 0 826 800 826 |
Access to public transport: |
motorways A42, A43 and A432 |
| Address: |
Aéroport Lyon - Saint Exupéry, CCIL - BP 113, F-69125 Lyon - Saint Exupéry Aéroport |
Passengers: |
0 |
| Operating Company: |
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Lyon |
Take-off and landing: |
0 |
| Parking spaces: |
yes, liable to a fee; about 9516 short and longterm car parks. |
Stations: |
TGV railway station |
| Altitude of runway: |
250 m |
Length of runway: |
4000 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Villeurbanne (16 km), Lyon (18 km), Saint-Étienne (62 km), Grenoble (80 km), Geneva (99 km)
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Operating airlines:
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Air France, Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa, American Airlines, TAP Air, KLM, bmi british midland
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Alternative airports:
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Lyon Bron (LYN) 11 km, Grenobel (GNB) 45 km, Chambery (Aix les Bains) (CMF) 63 km, St. Etienne (EBU) 65 km, Annecy (NCY) 83 km, Valence Chabeuil (VAF) 91 km |
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Description:
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The southern French airport Lyon Saint Exupéry, named after the author and flight pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is in the Department of Rhône-Alpes, near the regional capital Lyon.
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Location:
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The airport is about 20 km east of the city centre on the A43. By car the airport may be easily reached via the French motorways A42, A43, A47 and the connecting road, the A432. The airport is incorporated into the high-speed train network of the French railway by a TGV connection. There is also a shuttle bus from the main station in Lyon to the airport and vice versa with daily services running from 6 am to 11.30 pm. The so-called SATOBUS also has a daily service between the airport and important cities in the Rhône-Alpes region. There are also daily bus routes to other cities in the Provence such as Marseille, Nice and Cannes.
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History:
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The airport was opened officially on the 12th April 1975 by the then state president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing under the former name Aéroport Lyon-Satolas. Only many years later, on 29th June 2000, was the airport renamed after the famous Frenchman Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In the meantime, the regional airport had established itself and could show continually growing passenger numbers. Since 1989, the Chamber of trade of Lyon, together with the state and the communal authorities, developed an important investment programme in order to ensure that the capacities of the airport are increased. The airports development was especially influenced by these important measures to increase the capacity, the increasing popularity and the airports use as hub of Air France. The easy accessibility of the airport, especially from Lyon, and the larger cities in the region of Rhône-Alpes also proved advantageous. Lyon airport has thus become the hub of the region Rhône-Alpes.
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Destinations:
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Currently, 43 airlines provide regular services form Lyon airport, flying to over 100 different destinations worldwide. Amongst the airlines represented at the airport are for example Air France with its inner French and international services including Basel, Caen, Casablanca or Zurich; Tunisair with regular scheduled flights to Monastir and Tunis; Air Senegal flying to Dakar; but also the low cost airline Easyjet with its attractive offers to Berlin-Schönefeld, Madrid or London-Stansted.
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