10 Services
Year of the Gulf
In 2011 Genève Aéroport’s scheduled air services grew stronger, due to several sizeable qualitative improvements and the addition of new destinations. During the year a total of 124 airports were served by scheduled flights, of which 27 were intercontinental destinations such as Dubai and New York. Genève Aéroport’s two locally based carriers, Easyjet and Swiss International Airlines, further strengthened their presence.
During 2011 Genève Aéroport was connected with 124 direct destinations in 50 countries on four continents. The airport has one of the strongest air service networks in Europe – if not the strongest – per person.
Genève Aéroport’s air network was operated by 54 scheduled airlines. Easyjet, the airport’s largest airline, offered its customers by far the largest range of services, with 52 destinations served, while Swiss and Darwin each offered 13 routes. In the story of air services at Genève Aéroport, 2011 was unquestionably the year of the Persian Gulf. With the arrival of Emirates and Gulf Air, as
well as services strengthening by Etihad and Qatar Airways, Genève Aéroport offered over 30 flights a week to the Arabian peninsula during the summer.