World City Guide

Getting There By Air

Strasbourg-Entzheim International Airport (SXB)
Tel: (03) 8864 6767. Fax: (03) 8864 6932.
E-mail: aeroport.information@strasbourg.cci.fr.
Website: www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr

The airport, France’s seventh largest, is situated 12km (seven miles) southwest of Strasbourg. International links include flights to Amsterdam, Brussels, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow and Vienna. There are excellent connections to Paris – links between the two cities represent approximately 70% of the airport’s traffic.

Major airlines: The national carrier is Air France (tel: (0820) 820 820; website: www.airfrance.fr ). Other airlines include Air Littoral, Austrian Airlines, Iberia, KLM, Regional Airlines, Transaero and SN Brussels.

Approximate flight times to Strasbourg: From London is 1 hour 30 minutes; from New York is 8 hours; from Los Angeles is 11 hours; from Toronto is 8 hours 15 minutes and from Sydney is 23 hours 50 minutes.

Airport facilities: These include duty-free shops and boutiques, a restaurant, bar, newsagent, two ATMs and car hire from Avis, Budget Rent a Car, Europcar, Hertz, National/Citer and Sixt.

Business facilities: The airport hires out rooms accommodating from six to 60 delegates for meetings and conferences (tel: (03) 8864 6767; fax: (03) 8864 6764; e-mail: aeroport.dir@strasbourg.cci.fr). Audiovisual equipment and catering is also available on request.

Arrival/departure tax: None.

Transport to the city: Compagnie de Transport Strasbourgeois – CTS (tel: (03) 8877 7070; website: www.strasbourg.com/cts) operate shuttles (navettes) from the airport arrivals terminal to the Baggersee tram station (journey time – 12 minutes) from where there is a direct link to all points within the city. The tram service operates every 15 minutes Monday to Friday, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, then every 30 minutes Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning (see Public Transport in Getting Around). The cost is ¬4.70 (single), ¬8.60 (return) and ¬42.50 (for a carnet of 10 tickets). Taxis to the city centre cost approximately ¬23.