Geneva Airport Shuttle: Private, Door-to-Door, No Waiting

What "Geneva Airport shuttle" usually means, and what we offer

Around Geneva Airport the word shuttle covers two very different services. The shared shuttle is a minibus or coach that sells individual seats: it leaves at set times, fills up with passengers from several flights and drops each group in turn at hotels and chalets around the resort. The private shuttle is a vehicle with a chauffeur reserved for your party alone: it leaves when you are ready, takes the direct road and stops only at your door.

AirportsTransfers.ch operates the second kind. We are a private chauffeur company based in Thônex, a few minutes from Geneva Airport (GVA), with Mercedes saloons, V-Class vans and Sprinter minibuses for 1 to 19 passengers. Every journey is booked in advance at a fixed price per vehicle, and your chauffeur is in the arrivals hall with your name when you land.

Private shuttle vs shared shuttle: the differences you feel on the day

Departure time

A shared shuttle runs to a timetable. If you land early, you wait for the next departure; if another passenger's flight is late, the whole vehicle may wait for them. A private shuttle follows your flight: we track the landing time, and the chauffeur is already waiting when you walk out with your luggage.

The route

A shared shuttle to Morzine, Les Gets, Megève or Val Thorens can make five or six drop-offs around the resort, and the last passenger tours the village before reaching their own door. With a private shuttle the first stop is your stop: a 1 h 15 drive to Chamonix stays a 1 h 15 drive.

Space for luggage and equipment

Shared vehicles allocate a fixed amount of space per seat, and ski bags, snowboards, a pushchair or an extra suitcase can be a problem. A private shuttle is chosen for your group and your luggage: a Mercedes V-Class carries 7 passengers with their skis, and a Sprinter carries a whole group with its equipment.

How the price works

A shared shuttle is priced per seat, a private shuttle per vehicle. Alone, the shared seat is cheaper. From three or four people travelling together, the private vehicle is often comparable once you divide the fixed price by the number of passengers, and for a group of 8 to 19 a Sprinter frequently costs less than the same number of seats, with the whole group arriving together at the same door.

Night flights and early departures

Shared shuttles have a first and a last departure. Our private shuttle runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without a night surcharge: a flight landing at 23:40 or leaving at 06:10 is simply a normal booking.

Finding your driver

With a shared service you look for a desk, a meeting point or a bus stop outside the terminal. With our private shuttle, your chauffeur finds you: he is in the public arrivals hall, after customs, holding a sign with your name, and he helps with your luggage to the vehicle parked nearby.

When a shared shuttle is the better choice

Being honest helps you choose. If you travel alone with one suitcase, are flexible on time, land during the day and are heading to a large resort on a busy transfer Saturday, a seat on a shared shuttle is usually the cheaper option and a perfectly reasonable one. A private shuttle makes sense for families with children, groups of friends, skiers with equipment, business travellers, late arrivals and anyone who wants to leave the airport the minute they have their luggage.

Vehicles: from 1 to 19 passengers

• Mercedes E-Class saloon: 1 to 3 passengers and 3 suitcases. The classic choice for a couple or a business traveller; it is the vehicle behind the "from" prices shown below.
• Mercedes S-Class: the same journey in first-class comfort, for up to 3 passengers.
• Mercedes V-Class: up to 7 passengers and 10 pieces of luggage, with room for skis and snowboards. The family and small-group shuttle.
• Mercedes Sprinter minibus: up to 19 passengers with luggage and ski equipment. The private shuttle for ski clubs, seminars, wedding guests and large families.

Larger groups travel in several vehicles leaving together from the same meeting point.

Where our private shuttle goes

French ski resorts: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Houches, Saint-Gervais, Megève, Flaine, Samoëns, Les Gets, Morzine, Avoriaz, Châtel, La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand, and the Tarentaise resorts Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens, Val d'Isère, Tignes, Les Arcs and La Plagne.

Swiss ski resorts: Verbier, Nendaz, Crans-Montana, Villars-sur-Ollon, Leysin, Les Diablerets, Champéry, Gstaad, Saas-Fee and Zermatt, which is car-free and reached via Täsch.

Italy: Courmayeur through the Mont Blanc tunnel, Aosta, Breuil-Cervinia and Milan.

Cities and lakes: Geneva city centre and Cornavin station, Nyon, Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, Annecy, Évian-les-Bains, Thonon-les-Bains, Bern, Lyon and Zurich.

The table below shows the "from" prices for the most requested routes; every destination also has its own page with the journey in detail. More than 400 destinations are listed in the booking form with a fixed price, and any other address can be entered directly.

Shuttle to the ski resorts: what to expect in winter

In winter our vehicles run on snow tyres and carry chains when the roads require them, and our chauffeurs drive the roads between Geneva and the Alps all season long. They know the access roads to the chalets, the parking rules inside the resorts and the Saturday traffic in the Arve and Tarentaise valleys, which we take into account when planning the pick-up. Skis, snowboards, poles and boot bags are loaded and unloaded by the chauffeur; simply enter the number of pairs when booking so that we assign a large enough vehicle.

In car-free resorts the shuttle takes you to the closest authorised point: Täsch for Zermatt, where the shuttle train reaches the village in 12 minutes, or the resort entrance in Avoriaz. For a chalet at the end of a private road, your chauffeur drops you as close as the road allows and helps with the luggage for the last metres.

The airport pick-up, step by step

1. We check your flight on the day and follow it until it lands, so the pick-up adjusts automatically if you are early or late. Waiting caused by the flight is included in the price.
2. Your chauffeur waits in the public arrivals hall, after baggage reclaim and customs, holding a sign with your name. Geneva Airport has a Swiss and a French sector: tell us if you arrive on the French side so that he waits in the right hall.
3. He helps with your luggage and equipment and walks you to the vehicle in the nearby car park.
4. You leave immediately, straight to your address, with a stop on the way if you asked for one, for shopping or to collect keys.

Prices: fixed, per vehicle, all inclusive

The price depends on the distance and the vehicle you choose, and it is shown before payment. It covers the chauffeur, fuel, motorway tolls and the Swiss vignette, waiting caused by a flight delay, the luggage and ski equipment declared when booking and the child seats you request. There is no meter, no night surcharge and no supplement for the number of passengers within the capacity of the vehicle. A round trip gives 10% off the return leg; journeys on Saturdays and Sundays cost 10% more.

Booking your private shuttle in two minutes

1. Enter Geneva Airport, your destination address, the date and the arrival time of your flight.
2. Give the number of passengers, suitcases and pairs of skis, then compare the vehicles and their fixed prices.
3. Add your flight number, child seats and any remark, such as a stop on the way.
4. Pay online by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay: the confirmation arrives immediately by e-mail with the meeting point.

Online booking is open until 12 hours before the pick-up; for anything closer, contact us by WhatsApp on +41 78 346 56 77. Cancellation is free up to 48 hours before the pick-up, 72 hours for minibuses, and the time can be changed until the day before.

The return shuttle to Geneva Airport

For the way back, book a second journey from your resort or hotel to Geneva Airport, or choose "I'm leaving from GVA" in the form. Give us your flight time: we calculate the pick-up time at your door from the distance, the Saturday traffic in peak season and the check-in time, and your chauffeur drops you outside the departures terminal, on the Swiss or French side as needed.