Geneva
A Journey Through Time
1919 — 1959
1910s
1919
On 11 October 1919 the Grand Council of Geneva approved setting up an airfield at Meyrin, the site where Geneva Airport still stands.
1930s
1937
Geneva got its first concrete runway in 1937. It was modest by later standards, measuring just 405 by 21 metres.
1940s
1946
A new terminal was ready for use in 1946, right after the war. The building is still in service today as Terminal 2.
1947
Swissair started the first service from Geneva to New York in 1947, flying a Douglas DC-4 across the Atlantic.
1950s
1959
The first jet aircraft to land in Geneva, an SAS Caravelle, touched down on 17 July 1959.
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