Lyon Flights will be flying during the Rugby World Cup 2007 to carry a large number of spectators to Lyon to experience the World Cup matches.
Lyon, situated on the rivers Rhone and Saone, is the city with second-largest metropolitan area in France. It is the capital of the Rhone Department and the Rhone-Alps region. A few areas of the city are the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The city of Lyon is served by the Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport which is situated at a distance of 24 km from the center of the city and the St Etienne Boutheon Airport . The Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport, in spite of its distance from the city, is quite easily accessible. Trains from the airport's TGV station help the passengers to reach their destinations in a number of French cities. A passenger can also avail taxis from the taxi rank or the buses run by the Satobus . A number of airlines attend the Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport. Aegean Aviation, African Safari Airlines , Air Algerie, Air France, Austrian Airlines , Azzurra Air, Brit Air, British Airways , Corsair, Czech Airlines, Northwest Airlines, TAROM-Romanian, THY-Turkish, TNT Airways, TNT International, Transavia, Tunisair, Tyrolean are some of them. The St Etienne Boutheon Airport is situated in the Massif Central and Rhone Alps region. The distance of the city from the airport is nullified by an easy access to it by easy road connections. The flights attending the airport include two jets to Paris.
Both the airports in Lyon provide excellent facilities for the passengers. These include the banking, money exchange and ATM facilities along with the Restaurants and Bars in the terminal. There are a number of other facilities including baggage facilities and the shopping facilities in the terminal. There are also nice parking facilities available outside the airport.
