Terminal opening hours
For security reasons, Terminal 1 is closed in the morning from 00:00 to 04:00.
The access road to the French sector (customs road) is closed one hour after the last flight (around 00:30) until 04:00.
No-one is allowed to remain inside the terminal when it is closed.
Check-in on the internet
Most airlines offer the possibility to check in via their website. You can check in online, choose your seat and print your boarding pass before coming to the airport. What a time saving!
In order for airlines to check your travel documents, your airline may require you to go to the check-in counter, even if you have checked in online.
For the same reasons, some airlines no longer offer online check-in for the time being.
Quick drop-off for checked baggage
Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS and TAP Air Portugal offer a quick drop-off service for hold luggage. This allows time saving.
How to proceed?
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No later than the day before your flight, check in online on your airline's website and print out your boarding pass at home.
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When you arrive at the airport on the day of your flight, go to the "self bag drop" kiosks (counters 78 to 83) to scan your boarding pass or QR Code and obtain the label to stick on your hold baggage.
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Drop your hold baggage at the dedicated "self bag drop" kiosks.
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Enjoy your flight!
Please note: no excess baggage, oversized baggage or special baggage! In this case, proceed with a "classic" check-in at the counter.
Check-in: the day before
To know if you can do the check-in of your bagagges the day before, please consult the information given by your company.
If you checked your bags in the day before, we recommend that you make your way to the airport one hour before your flight departs (two hours during weekends) to complete passport control formalities, go through the security check and make your way to the departure lounge.
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For more information, please contact directly the airline concerned: list of airlines in Geneva.
Check-in at the airport: same day
Deadline for check-in
The deadline for the check-in varies depending on the airlines. As a general rule, it is recommended that passengers present themselves for check in
- in general: three hours before the flight leaves
- during winter weekends (Friday to Sunday from December to April): three hours before the flight leaves.
Deadline for boarding gate
As a general rule, it is recommended that passengers present themselves at the boarding gate 30 minutes before the flight leaves.
Please confirm this information directly with your airline.
Check-in at the kioks
"Express Check-in" serves the following airlines:
- Aeroflot
- Air Canada
- Air France
- British Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Easyjet
- El-Al
- ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
- Finnair
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- Iberia
- KLM
- ROYAL AIR MAROC
- SAS - Scandinavian Airlines
- Saudia
- tap portugal
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
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Unusual luggage items
Special baggage includes non-standard baggage, such as skis, surfboards, bicycles, musical instruments, etc.
To check in unusual luggage items, please first check in at the same counter as for normal luggage, and then go to counter 90.
The maximum dimensions for unusual luggage items are: approx. 70 cm x 75 cm x 250 cm.
For more information, please contact directly the concerned airline.