Is it possible to fly to Geneva and come out on the French side?

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We are going on holiday to France near Geneva. We will be arriving by plane and then getting a taxi or booked car. Is it possible to come out on the French side after we have landed?
We have not booked our flights yet. I understand that the French airport code is GGV and the Swiss airport code is GVA. Do we have to make sure we book the correct flight?

Any information or tips would be very much appreciated.
Thank you

Yes. But only before a certain time (something like 11pm) so check if you're arriving on a late flight. I haven,'t done it in a couple of years so this might have changed. Also you used to have to ditch the trolleys part way through so again check latest position but be aware when packing!

Thank you

We do this a fair amount. I'm sure the flight bookings are the same, the only difference is we'd decide which side to exit based in car hire charges. It was usually cheaper to hire on the French side, so we'd exit that way and avoid the Swiss motorways as we wouldn't have paid the tax.

Having lived in Geneva for a few years, there is one airport and one airport code. You can only fly into the French sector from France (i.e. from Paris) and, if you do fly into the French sector, there is a way to exit without going through the Swiss sector - though I don't think I've ever seen anyone take it.

If what you care about is car rentals, you can reach the Frenc car rental booths from the main airport/Swiss sector once you've left baggage claim and then, like the PP said, just follow the exits from parking to stay on the French bypass which takes you to the border before joining the highway (you won't have right sticker on the car to use the Swiss motorway).

Thanks,
We are coming from the UK, not France and we will not be hiring a car. We will only be getting a taxi or a booked car to get us to our destination.

Yes but it’s a bit of a pain ( another passport control) so probably easier to just get the taxi to drive you through Switzerland into France. We ski in France and always just come out of the Swiss side and drive over the border. The border is just one you drive straight over.

Also, when we’ve done it we had to show our car hire booking or a flight booking leaving from the French side- I’m not sure if a taxi booking would work. It seemed like you needed a “reason” to be going through.