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Geneva Airport growth continues despite economy: 11 millionth passenger lands

18/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 11 mllionth passenger of the year passed through Geneva’s Cointrin Airport this week, an alltime record, the airport says.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: airport, Geneva, passengers, travel

Good news for foreign skiers landing in Geneva

18/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (20 Minutes Fre) – There is good news for the 100,000 people expected to pass through Geneva’s Cointrin Airport during each of the three holiday weekends coming up: border guards are opening up four instead of the usual two passport controls.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: airport, category sports, Christmas holidays, Cointrin, security checks, skiers, travel

Third rail line pleas rebuffed by Parliament

17/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – Politicians from the Lake Geneva region failed to succeed once again in getting Parliament to back construction of a third rail line between Lausanne and Geneva.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Geneva, Lausanne, third rail line, train, travel

Swiss improves online check-in service

17/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss has extended its online check-in service so that passengers can now visit their check-in page several times to make changes such as moving to another seat or checking in a group of up to nine people.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Basel, Geneva Airport, Lufthansa, online check-in, Swiss, travel, Zurich

Wine of the week: perfect Swiss holiday aperitif

15/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

What a pleasant surprise to discover that one of the special offers at the Coop is a wine that enchanted me last July – and that it’s just as good in winter as in summer. The Bonvins are a large clan in Valais and not surprisingly, many of them do indeed make good wine. In […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Bonvin wine, Charles Bonvin et Fils, Fendant, Sans Culotte, Sion, Valais, wine

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