Travelling to the Chamonix Valley by Air
Getting to Chamonix...
- is ths closest airport, just one hour on a fast easy road. To use the Swiss motorway to bypass Geneva town centre, a Vignette is required. It is slower to drive through the city to access the French auto-route. French auto-route tolls total 5.20€ each way (06/07 Prices). Look here for airlines flying to Geneva.
Chambery Airport near Aix Les Bains is about 1:30 hrs with weekend UK return flights in the Winter season. Click here to see the companies flying to Chambery.
Lyon is further south than Chambery. Allow 2:45 hrs transfer time. Check here for companies flying to this aiport
Annecy airport is 1:15hrs from Chamonix, with direct flights from Paris only.
Grenoble is a bit further at 2:45hrs from Chamonix
, Italy is 3:45 hrs driving from Chamonix, and you have to go through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. In Milan there are three aiports: Malpensa, Linatedi, Orio al Serio. Click on each airport to see the airlines companies flying there. From the UK to Chamonix
*Direct Flights from the UK
easyJet is a great low cost carrier. It is quite common to find as low as £50 return from the UK! flying to Geneva from Belfast, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Gatwick, Stansted, Lutin, Newcastle. Lutin flies to Turin, Italy which is a 1H45 drive to Chamonix. Bristol, Gatwick, Lutin to Grenoble. Stansted to Lyon. Starting 30th October 2007, 30 destinations from GVA!!! Winter seats now on sale!!!
Aerlingus - As low as 80€ return flies from Dublin to Geneva as well as Lyon.
British Airways - Flies from London to GVA, Lyon and Grenoble. A dozen daily flights to GVA.
BMI Air - Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Manchester to GVA - London Heathrow, Manchester to Lyon
Jet2 - Leeds Bradford, Manchester from £ return to GVA
Swiss Air -As low as £80 return from Heathrow and London City (SWISS has up to 8 daily flights to Geneva)
Air France - flies to Geneva from numerous UK cities. £70 return promotions.
Click HERE for all other airlines flying to Geneva.From the US to Chamonix
There are many direct flights from the States to GVA that are reasonably priced. It is often cheaper to take direct flights to London with any large carrier and take a smaller carrier to mainland Europe. You can often get UK - GVA flights with easyJet for less than $100 if booked in advance. With a little planning ahead, most U.S.- Europe flights ''can'' be found for around $1000 or less (coach/economy) so keep on searching!
American Airlines often has great deals to London and sometimes Geneva. With American , you can only use your Airmiles flying to Paris and Zurich. The connections to GVA can be purhcased separtely (probably cheaper with a different company).
AirFrance - Around $1000 to GVA from as far as LA!
U.S. Airways - Great deals from large hubs and very navigable site
British Airways - Very competitive prices when booked in advance
Continental - Competitive prices. Connections often made when not leaving from east coast.
Air Canada - Some great deals to GVA but you will have at least one if not two connections.From Moscow to Chamonix
Flights from Moscow to Geneva
Lufthansa good deals from Moscow to GVA
Aeroflot $450 return
Austrian Airlines to GVA (with Swiss as the carrier)
Alitalia with one connection in Italy - around $500
Malev Airlines Hungarian site Moscow - GVA as low as €300 with connection in BudapestFrom Stockhom to Chamonix
Brussels Airlines via Brussels
Scandinavian Airlines via Copenhagen
Swiss Air via Zurich
KLM via Amsterdam
Lufthansa often has good deals. No direct flights.
It is difficult to find flights from Sweden to GVA under 200EUR. If you can find a good deal to London, it is often cheaper to do the second leg from London with another carrier.
Sterling.dk has great deals to London but does not fly to GVA.
easyJet always has competitive fares from London to GVA.Search Engines
Online flight search engines are often a great way to go when looking for the best deal.
Flight Search Engine
Cheapflights
SideStep
CheapOAir
Expedia.co.uk
TravelocityLight Aircraft to the Chamonix Valley
There is a small airport in Sallanches, 25 km from Chamonix
