Passenger health guide

Safety experience: protecting each other

Our priority is to allow you to prepare your journey smoothly and safely, in the best conditions

Our teams at Aéroport de Lyon have taken concrete measures in response to the current health situation, and are fully committed to protecting the safety of all. Please read this passenger health guide and follow the rules.

1. Make the most of our contactless services

Car park reservation

Park your car safely with electronic payment and license plate recognition.

Fast-track service

Avoid queues and maintain a safe distance between yourself and other passengers.

Automated border control

Enjoy a contactless border control experience by using the facial recognition PARAFE gates.

Personalised Meet and Greet and assistance

Benefit from priority access and help with administrative formalities.

3. Familiarise yourself with the health measures taken by the airport

We are providing hygiene equipment

You will find over 45 hand disinfection points at the airport. We have made hydroalcoholic gel and disinfectant sprays available to meet your needs in all areas of the airport. Our sanitary facilities are equipped with contact-free systems for washing and drying your hands.
Gel and masks are also available for sale in the airport vending machines.

We ask that you respect the social distancing rules

Les Barrier gestures and hygiene measures are essential to protect us all. The ground markings provided to maintain physical distance must be respected. These systems are in place throughout the airport.

We have opened an information and medical assistance desk

This desk can be found on the ground floor of the Terminal 2 building and is central to our health protection plan. It offers a wide range of services, including health information, health tests, temperature checks and medical teleconsultations.

We are ensuring increased disinfection of the terminals

Cleaning and disinfection of all high contact areas has been increased to ensure your safety: counters (information, check-in, boarding, border police, etc.), stairway ramps, escalators and travelators, lift buttons, door handles, passenger seats, terminal car park payment machines, machines at car park entrances/exits, touch screen terminals, security checkpoint trays and equipment, baggage trolleys, sanitary facilities and equipment, etc.

COVID-19 screening test

Since 1 August, virological testing by RT-PCR (nasal swab) prior to entry into the country has been mandatory for all passengers over 11 years from 16 countries:

United States, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Panama
Passengers for whom there is a possibility of pre-departure test, will be required to present a negative RT-PCR SARS CoV2 test result less than 72 hours old at the time of boarding.
Kuwait, Qatar, Israel, Brazil, Peru, Serbia, Algeria, Turkey, Madagascar, India, Oman, South Africa and Turkey, Lebanon, Montenegro
Passengers, for whom there is no possibility of carrying out a pre-departure test, will have to carry out a test on arrival in Lyon at the screening centre at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport in partnership with the Préfecture du Rhône, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency, the CPAM Rhône Alpes and the Hospices Civils de Lyon.

The results of the samples are communicated directly to each patient in a confidential manner. Aéroport de Lyon is not the recipient of these results.