Aéroports de Lyon: a sports enthusiast's airport

This summer, Lyon is the place to be for any sports fanatic. Be it cycling or football, Lyon will be a central location to those looking to grab a part of the action. 
With major sporting events such as the Tour de France and UEFA Euro 2016 being held in and around Lyon, a sharp rise in both flights and travellers is expected from June until August. To be able to adequately accommodate for this influx, Aeroports de Lyon has already put a number of measures in place to make sure that those travellers get the service they deserve. 

• Specifically for UEFA Euro 2016, a total of 24 additional category C flight stationing areas are to be created to be able to handle the increase in both inbound and outbound flights.
   
• Up to 340 additional tour operator flights are estimated to be coming in and out of Lyon airport are during Euro 2016.
   
• The airport will serve as a transfer airport for the Northern Irish team, and the airport will take care of their needs especially.
   
• The over 2000 Airport helpers will be at hand to help fans and enthusiasts get to where they need to be. This can be to the Welcome Zone, the specifically provided coach services or any other transport related service.
   
• VIP visits will be personally taken care of by Aeroports de Lyon together with official EUFA 2016 staff.
   
• During this period there will also be an increase in the number of business jets with approximately 150 additional flights already planned.

About Lyon Aéroport

Lyon Aéroport manages the operation of Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport for commercial aviation and Lyon-Bron airport, 3rd French airport for business aviation. As the leading airport in the VINCI Airports network in France with almost 9 million passengers in 2022, Lyon-Saint Exupéry offers more than 100 direct destinations in 2023 and is connected to the main international hubs. It is linked to the city centre in 30 minutes by the Rhônexpress tram-train. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, VINCI Airports' centre of excellence for innovation, offers recent infrastructure and an innovation strategy focused on a quality passenger experience and operational excellence for airlines. Certified Level 4+ by the ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation), ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is developing in total control of its environmental impact.
www.lyonaeroports.com
 

About VINCI Airports

The world's leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 65 airports in 12 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructures and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to a global international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emission across its entire network by 2050.