Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport Transfers (LYS)

Lyon–Saint-Exupéry (LYS) operates from two passenger terminals. Terminal 1 handles the bulk of traffic, including Air France, easyJet and most international and Schengen flights, while Terminal 2 serves low-cost carriers such as Transavia. The two are joined by a free shuttle bus that runs roughly every ten minutes from around 4:30am to midnight, taking about five minutes. After landing you clear immigration if arriving from outside Schengen, collect your bags and walk into the arrivals hall, where your Transfeero driver waits with a name sign. Curbside parking is prohibited, so private drivers use the short-term lots or the cell-phone waiting area.

The drive into Lyon follows the A43 autoroute westbound, linking onto the M6–M7 corridor and the Laurent Bonnevay ring road for destinations across the city. Door-to-door it is roughly 30 km and around 30 minutes in light traffic, stretching to 45–55 minutes during the morning peak of 7–9am and the evening crush of 5–7pm. The ring road and the approaches to Part-Dieu and Perrache are the usual bottlenecks when commuter flows build.

Lyon enforces a Low Emission Zone (ZFE) covering the city, Villeurbanne, Caluire and parts of Bron and Vénissieux, with a mandatory Crit'Air sticker; since January 2025 the most polluting vehicles are barred from the core, though the main M6–M7 and ring roads are exempt. With Transfeero, all tolls and ZFE compliance are built into the fixed price you see when booking — there is nothing to check, calculate or pay on the day.

The alternatives each carry friction. The Rhônexpress tram reaches Part-Dieu in under 30 minutes but costs around €16.70 one-way and still leaves you to find onward transport with your luggage. The airport taxi rank uses regulated zone fares that climb roughly 15% at night and on Sundays, and queues build after bunched arrivals. A pre-booked private transfer sidesteps the wait entirely: a fixed price, a driver tracking your flight, and a direct ride to your door.