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hynithuchi wrote:Noticed yesterday when I passed along GVA airport that the open area from the cargo building down to the Ferney tunnel, along the Voie-des-Traz has been filled in and forms a single tarmac with the taxiway. Anybody know what this additional space will be used for ? Off terminal parking positions ? Will it be linked to the current "Corrosion corner " by extending it over the Ferney tunnel ? I'd never heard plans about such an extension so would be a hushed-up job considering of the very strong opposition by the Green party and and other environmentalist organisations to any airport extension?
runway23 wrote:hynithuchi wrote:Noticed yesterday when I passed along GVA airport that the open area from the cargo building down to the Ferney tunnel, along the Voie-des-Traz has been filled in and forms a single tarmac with the taxiway. Anybody know what this additional space will be used for ? Off terminal parking positions ? Will it be linked to the current "Corrosion corner " by extending it over the Ferney tunnel ? I'd never heard plans about such an extension so would be a hushed-up job considering of the very strong opposition by the Green party and and other environmentalist organisations to any airport extension?
They are used as stands since a couple of months now. Was paved last year IIRC. The bus ride there is quite long from the terminal.
DUSZRH wrote:As far as I know there is no cockpit personal in GVA and only limited cabin staff.
LAXintl wrote:Sounds like GVA will become a Cseries base as LX continues reshaping its GVA operations in search of better financial results.
DUSZRH wrote:As far as I know there is no cockpit personal in GVA and only limited cabin staff.
stylo777 wrote:How are they currently carrrying out all the operations ex GVA without having any cockpit crews based there at all? I mean, there is a significant amount of flights. This is quite surprising to me.
SR380 wrote:stylo777 wrote:How are they currently carrrying out all the operations ex GVA without having any cockpit crews based there at all? I mean, there is a significant amount of flights. This is quite surprising to me.
Flight to and out of ZRH and an insane amount of hotels nights...
Tommo4828 wrote:Wouldn't a Swiss/Edelweiss service to Edinburgh work? Easyjet have the monopoly on the route with x12. Edelweiss have increased to x4 from Zurich.
hynithuchi wrote:And, isn't EDI also served from BSL which is only 60 km away from ZRH ?
runway23 wrote:
GVA is already all CSeries since last summer, except for a helvetic E190 wetlease that mainly operates to LCY and ZRH-GVA that operate with any/all aircraft Swiss have.
SR380 wrote:stylo777 wrote:How are they currently carrrying out all the operations ex GVA without having any cockpit crews based there at all? I mean, there is a significant amount of flights. This is quite surprising to me.
Flight to and out of ZRH and an insane amount of hotels nights...
SR380 wrote:So basically he is talking about potential new non-stop flights to Japan, China, Singapore. It has been talked for a long time, and regarding at the number of Asia tourism/business in Switzerland, this add up.
Now he is also mentioning a new terminal. But the new one would need to be built on top of the existing T1. I don’t quite see how this can be done. But I am no engineer.
New satellites are also in the pipeline, but first they want to focus of “Aile Est” terminal, and a new bagage scanning system.
pmartin wrote:Re: terminal, it is effectively a replacement of the existing terminal, i.e. build a terminal on the same site, a much higher building, and transfer activities over time until 2030. There were plans (Cointrin Vision) of extending the terminal above the motorways. The way Schneider describes it is basically to build in a modular fashion and over tome gut the existing terminal. FYI - infra projects are not (yet) subject to approval of the population, but requires a vote of the board, all within the concession granted by the federal government (which is being renewed). In other words, if the confederation approve the plan (PSIA), it becomes an administrative matter.
Re: long-haul, there are concrete discussions for a link with Japan. It seems well advanced. Other concrete discussions are ongoing for a second route in China (Shanghai, was mentioned by the China ambasssador in a recent article), Hong Kong and Singapore. He speaks at length about Brazil. Mentioned that they were close a couple of years ago, but the crisis in Brazil put this on hold. He is however certain that a route to Brazil will happen.
hynithuchi wrote:pmartin wrote:Re: terminal, it is effectively a replacement of the existing terminal, i.e. build a terminal on the same site, a much higher building, and transfer activities over time until 2030. There were plans (Cointrin Vision) of extending the terminal above the motorways. The way Schneider describes it is basically to build in a modular fashion and over tome gut the existing terminal. FYI - infra projects are not (yet) subject to approval of the population, but requires a vote of the board, all within the concession granted by the federal government (which is being renewed). In other words, if the confederation approve the plan (PSIA), it becomes an administrative matter.
Re: long-haul, there are concrete discussions for a link with Japan. It seems well advanced. Other concrete discussions are ongoing for a second route in China (Shanghai, was mentioned by the China ambasssador in a recent article), Hong Kong and Singapore. He speaks at length about Brazil. Mentioned that they were close a couple of years ago, but the crisis in Brazil put this on hold. He is however certain that a route to Brazil will happen.
I can't see how this modular building can be done without causing an enormous chaos. All this work going on in the main terminal while at the same time, passenger numbers are supposed to be growing to 25 mio ? And what will really be gained, since the new terminal would be built over the old one and would not result in an extended ground surface ? I'm very doubtful about this project and anyway, by the time it would be decided, there is a good chance that popular approval would be needed.
For long-haul routes, as I said before, very sensible marketing, hope some of these new routes will come to fruition.
pmartin wrote:I think that referring to a new terminal is a way of saying that they will replace the actual terminal over time, piece by piece. It is not a second terminal.
There has been many studies, like this one. I would doubt that the director just launch crazy ideas in the air, it is not the style. And constitutionally there is no voting rights for specific projects. FOr as long as the federal concession is respected, then the airport deals with the issue. And as you know, the PSIA process is under way. So let's see. The difference between Cointrin Vision and the new plan, is that the previous plan was anticipating ambitious commercial development, for a total cost of SFR 2.5bn. This is scrapped, the focus is the airport, for a cost of less than 1bn. I.e. there will be some extension in front of the terminal (probably new departure hall), but the motorway may not be crossed fully. GVA has no choice, the building is 50 years old. I am confident something will happen.
https://deplanta-architectes.ch/projets ... eneve-aig/
stylo777 wrote:Just thinking about the "holes" in the LX European network from ZRH, which destinations do you think are missing and should be served in future?
I thought of following cities/airports:
- HEL
- LYS
- LIN
- MSQ
- TLS
- IST
- TRN
- LJU
- VNO
- TLL
- RIX
- BRE
- CGN
your thoughts?
stylo777 wrote:Just thinking about the "holes" in the LX European network from ZRH, which destinations do you think are missing and should be served in future?
I thought of following cities/airports:
- HEL They tried with a daily flight against four daily flights from AY. I guess they got completely destroyed and then gave it up. Now served 2x daily by AY, worth another shot?
- LYS They served it for a long time but gave it up when they announced flights to Marseille and Bordeaux. LYS is currently served by Twinjet. Don't see LX coming back soon.
- LIN If I remember correctly, they used to serve this one too but it seems like they consolidated at MXP.
- MSQ Intriguing possibility, although there are some bigger unserved markets still.
- TLS I guess they'll stick to their two new destinations in France for the time being.
- IST Yields and passenger numbers collapsed but Istanbul is big enough for them to eventually come back.
- TRN Third biggest unserved European destination from ZRH. Possible sometime in the future.
- LJU They'll probably leave it to JP.
- VNO Second biggest unserved European destination from ZRH. A likely candidate for both SWISS or Air Baltic.
- TLL Biggest unserved European destination from ZRH. A very likely candidate for both SWISS or Air Baltic.
- RIX It looks like they've tried it just to see if they can chase away Air Baltic but to no avail.
- BRE Last big unserved German city from ZRH. I guess it could happen.
- CGN They'll probably leave it to EW.
your thoughts?
DALCE wrote:The only way to see LX expand significantly in ZRH would be adding a 5th bank. The current 4 bank scheme is quite full on the peaks. The airport has not much more room on those times.
hynithuchi wrote:For those interested in GVA airport, there is an interview on aerotelegraph.com ( unfortunately in German only ) with Mr André Schneider, CEO GVA Airport, in which he outlines intended infrastructure and route development. Ambitious but not unrealistic plans except the 2nd terminal which would probably be strongly opposed to by the local population.
SpaceshipDC10 wrote:hynithuchi wrote:For those interested in GVA airport, there is an interview on aerotelegraph.com ( unfortunately in German only ) with Mr André Schneider, CEO GVA Airport, in which he outlines intended infrastructure and route development. Ambitious but not unrealistic plans except the 2nd terminal which would probably be strongly opposed to by the local population.
What's the status of the east wing long haul terminal? Is it finished? Or are passengers still bused to/from aircraft on hard stands?
MoonC wrote:SpaceshipDC10 wrote:hynithuchi wrote:For those interested in GVA airport, there is an interview on aerotelegraph.com ( unfortunately in German only ) with Mr André Schneider, CEO GVA Airport, in which he outlines intended infrastructure and route development. Ambitious but not unrealistic plans except the 2nd terminal which would probably be strongly opposed to by the local population.
What's the status of the east wing long haul terminal? Is it finished? Or are passengers still bused to/from aircraft on hard stands?
Bused. East Wing scheduled for Spring or Autumn 2020.
hynithuchi wrote:MoonC wrote:SpaceshipDC10 wrote:
What's the status of the east wing long haul terminal? Is it finished? Or are passengers still bused to/from aircraft on hard stands?
Bused. East Wing scheduled for Spring or Autumn 2020.
If I remember right, quite some time ago, someone mentionned in this forum the East Wing may not be completed before 2022. Is construction progressing as planned and can completion be expected for 2020 or are they behind schedule ?
pmartin wrote:The airport says it will be delivered on time. It is not a concrete building but a giant assembled mecano. Seems that the elements are now being delivered and the assembly should not take too long. All the foundation work and digging has been completed. 2 years to go to mid / end 2020 the expected inauguration.
phofmannsair wrote:Hi,
They have just started the "visible works" today!
Sorry, I don't know how to join pictures, so have a look at my twitter accound where I just posted them.
Opening still planned for October 2020!
https://twitter.com/Phofmannsair/status/1002208047043883009
Best Regards,
Patrick.