Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport

Fully interconnected, Lyon-Saint Exupéry is the preferred departure point for passengers from the southeast quarter of France. The airport is easily accessible thanks to its highway network, its high-speed train station and the Rhônexpress, which links downtown Lyon to the airport in less than 30 minutes.

Lyon-Saint Exupéry is the leading airport in the VINCI Airports network in France, with more than 10 million passengers by 2024, Lyon-Saint Exupéry connects +120 destinations directly and is connected to the main international hubs. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport offers state-of-the-art infrastructure, operational excellence for airlines and an innovation strategy focused on a high-quality passenger experience (VINCI Airports Center of Excellence for innovation).

In 2022, Lyon-Saint Exupéry will be the first airport in the VINCI Airports network to obtain ACA 4+ accreditation. Its action plan to reduce CO2 emissions within the airport’s perimeter will reduce its residual emissions to 500 tonnes per year, which will be covered by Label Bas Carbone-certified sequestration projects near the airport. Certified level 4+ by ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation), ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is committed to reducing the environmental impact of its activities, with the aim of achieving “zero net emissions from its direct activities” by 2030.

Lyon Airport is pursuing its major projects in terms of customer experience and the environment:

• VINCI Airports launched the biometric experience at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport in 2020, a complementary service to MONA, an innovative solution based on facial recognition that allows travellers to go through all the stages, from baggage check-in to boarding, simply by showing their face, without border control. This biometric journey offers passengers an even smoother, more personalized experience, from the moment they check in on the Lyon Aéroport mobile app, right through to boarding.
• Lyon-Saint Exupéry is VINCI Airports’ pilot airport for testing the use of hydrogen. Work has begun in 2023 to build the Hympulsion station, which will distribute hydrogen to light vehicles. This first stage will be followed by the installation of stations for the production and distribution of gaseous hydrogen for runway vehicles and heavy mobility equipment, then liquid hydrogen for aircraft by 2025 and 2030 as part of the partnership between VINCI Airports, Airbus and Air Liquide.
• Commissioning by 2025 of a 14-hectare shaded solar power plant on the airport’s parking lots. With a capacity of 20 MWp, it will produce 24 GWh of green electricity per year. Its output will be fed into the grid to supply the surrounding communities, avoiding the emission of almost 1,600 tonnes of CO2 per year.