Air Travel
With a wide range of both scheduled and charter flights, you are able to choose an airport close to you and enjoy the speed, convenience and ease that flying offers. The regional flight departures on Saturdays include: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Manchester, Norwich, Southampton, Exeter, and Stansted. Charter flights are met by resort representatives who will have arranged your transfer to resort where Qski meet you at the chalet. Flights go directly to Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble and Lyon enabling a speedy and comfortable transfer to Courchevel.
A phenomenal success in 2005-2006 were flights into Chambery with a transfer time to the chalet of less than 90 minutes! New routes for 2007-2008 from Newquay, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham are available.
| Departure airport (and time) | Arrival airport | 11/02/08 | 22/03/08 & 05/04/08 |
Other Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick (06:40) | Geneva | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gatwick (06:30) | Chambery | £25 | £32 | £25 |
| Gatwick (06:00 or 11:50) | Grenoble | £15 | £15 | £12 |
| Manchester (06:00) | Chambery | £39 | £149 | £39 |
| Birmingham (08:30) | Chambery | £75 | £75 | £32 |
| Bristol (07:00) | Chambery | £75 | £75 | £32 |
| Edinburgh (07:30) | Chambery | £49 | £95 | £49 |
Please note that all prices are subject to availability, and timings will be confirmed at the time of booking. There is a carriage charge of £15 per board or set of skis if pre-booked, or £20 if presented at the airport and not pre-booked.
For budget flights to the French Alps several airline companies offer cheap seats. We are unable to book these for you and have therefore provided the phone and website contact details of the companies. It is very easy to book these services and enables you to make some savings. Please be aware most flights are non-changeable and non-refundable.
| Airline | Departure point | Arrival point | Transfer time Airport-resort |
Website | Telephone reservations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easyjet | Luton/ Gatwick/ Liverpool/Bristol/ East Midlands/ Stansted/Newcastle/Belfast | Geneva/Lyon/Grenoble | 3hrs |  |
0870 6000 000 |
| Flybe | Southampton/Birmingham/ Exeter/ Norwich | Geneva/Chambery | 3hrs/90mins |  |
08708 890941 |
| Bmibaby | Cardiff/ East Midlands/ Manchester/ Teeside | Geneva | 3hrs |  |
0870 264 2229 |
| Ryanair | Stansted | St Etienne/Turin | 4hrs |  |
0871 246 0000 |
| Swissair | Heathrow | Geneva | 3hrs |  |
0845 601 0956 |
If you decide to arrange your own flights, we are able to advise and book the best transfer to Courchevel most suited to your needs. Car hire, private transfer by minibus, taxi, light aircraft or helicopter direct into the Altiport are a few of the possibilities available.
