As you may or may not know, the vast majority of ski holidays for families and groups are for stays in apartments or chalets which are ONLY rented in blocks of 7 nights, from Saturday to Saturday or Sunday to Sunday for catered chalets.

You will also have at least a 4-hour wait in Doha to connect with your flight home. On Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays, flights depart at 8:45am from Geneva airport, which means you have to get up and leave your hotel at most ski resorts by 3:30am (around 2-hour transfer time plus 2-3 hours prior to flying for check-in). However, the return journey from Geneva back to Australia is a killer!

Going to Geneva from Australia is perfect with a short 2-hour transfer in Doha (although you will most likely get jet lag as with Etihad, as the flight lands around 7am). One of the best airlines in the world for sure, but the schedule is not ideal because of the return journey. This is not ideal for jet lag as you need to stay up all day after a long journey before going to sleep at night and you can’t normally check in to your accommodation until 3 or 4pm unless you pay for an extra night for check-in on arrival. EtihadĮtihad would be my second choice but it only has one flight a day into Geneva which arrives early in the morning at 6:45 am. Emirates has the most direct and best schedule not to mention one of the highest standards of service, comfort and the best in-flight entertainment of any airline. Qatar and Etihad don’t have direct flights to Lyon which is the best airport for the southern ski resorts in the French Alps.

All other airlines have at least 2 connections (not ideal when travelling with kids or if you want to get there the fastest possible). The reason we recommend flying with Emirates.Įmirates, Etihad and Qatar only have one connecting transfer en route and that’s through their hub. The best airports to fly into to get to the French ski resorts are either Geneva or Lyon airports.

Emirates a380 first class