How to get to Geneva Airport by Bus

TPG urban buses in their blue and white livery leave every 8 to 15 minutes at peak times. Passengers arriving at Geneva Airport can pick up free tickets from distributors in Baggage Reclaim. The Unireso (www.unireso.com) ticket is for Zone 10, for Geneva Canton, and is only valid for 80 minutes. It includes not only buses but also the airport to Cornavin train journey into central Geneva.

TPG buses (www.tpg.ch) offer speedy transfers into the city centre via lines 5 and 10. Bus line 5 leaves the airport for the Palexpo Exhibition Ground, then the Palace of Nations, Vidollet, Cornavin train station, Bel-Air, Hôpital, the Museum, Malagnou and Thônex-Vallard.

Bus line 10 starts from GVA for Bouchet, Chamilles, Gare Cornavin, Bel-Air and finishes at Rive. Buses take 18 minutes to Rive (12 stops).

Other city bus lines: 23, 28, 50, 56, 57 and 66, all stop within a short walk of the terminals.

Airport Express Bus (A1 to A6 lines Aérobus morning service) starts before 6.00, another free service for GVA passengers. Line 15 / Acacias stops at the Nations buildings. All bus stops carry the Aérobus logo in the city.

Regional Buses from Geneva Airport

Flixbus (https://globalflixbus.com) leaves at regular intervals for Annecy, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry, Grenoble and Lausanne. For example:

Flixbus Geneva Airport to Annecy

GVA 14.45, arriving at Annecy at 16.00, ticket from 4.99 euros per person, direct travel, 1 hour 15 minutes. Also GVA 20.40, arriving at Annecy at 21.25.

Returning from Annecy at 6.20, arriving at GVA at 7.15, 55 minutes direct, ticket from 4.99 euros per person, or leaving at 10.05, arriving at GVA at 11.20, 1 hour 15 minutes direct, ticket from 9.99 euros per person.

GVA to Chambéry direct, leaving 14.45, arriving at 16.55, journey time 2 hours 10 minutes, tickets start from 9.99 euros per person. Return journey leaving Chambéry at 9.10, arriving at GVA at 11.20, journey time 2 hours 10 minutes, tickets start from 11.99 euros per person.

Alpybus (www.alpybus.com) goes to Morzine (1 hour 30 minutes), Chamonix (1 hour 15 minutes), Val Thorens (3 hours 30 minutes) and Saint Gervais (1 hour 10 minutes).

Eurobus (www.swiss-express.ch) leaves daily from St Gallen, going via Zurich and Lausanne to Geneva Airport. The first bus leaves St Gallen's train station (Lagerstrasse) at 6.55, arriving at Geneva Airport at 14.15. Eurobus desks are at Terminal 1, next to the Montreux Jazz Shop. A trip by Eurobus to Geneva bus station starts from 5.00 euros per person. In the city buses halt at the Rue Francois-Bonivard stop, just across from the Anglican church. The Eurobus stop is close to the stop for line 1, the 'Mont-Blanc' coach.

Ouibus (www.ouibus.com) goes regularly to Chamonix, tickets start at 19.00 euros per person.

Altibus (www.altibus.com) goes to Val d'Isere, Tignes and other ski resorts from Geneva Airport. Simply Transfers (www.simply-transfers.net) leaves several times a day for the Three Valleys ski resorts St Martin de Belle, Les Menuires and Val Thorens during the winter season.