Practical guide
The journey to the airport is the one leg you cannot make up.
A missed train can be replaced. A missed flight, far less easily. Which is why this journey — often the first of the day, sometimes at five in the morning — deserves more planning than it usually gets.
My VTC Go runs transfers to every airport within reach of the Moselle and Luxembourg: Luxembourg-Findel, Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Brussels-Zaventem, Brussels-Charleroi, Strasbourg, Basel-Mulhouse and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle.
Your pickup time is worked back from your flight. On the return, your driver tracks when you actually land.
Distance is not the problem. The hour is.
A 6.30am flight from Findel means being there by 4.30. From Thionville, that means leaving at around 3.45 — an hour when no train runs, no bus operates, and asking a friend feels like an imposition.
The reverse is no better. Landing at Frankfurt-Hahn at ten to midnight leaves you at an isolated airport, nearly two hours from home, with luggage and no onward connection until morning.
Neither of these is an edge case. They are the ordinary timetables of low-cost flying and long-haul connections. And they fall precisely in the hours when public transport does not exist.
The rest is more prosaic. A week of parking at Findel or Frankfurt often costs more than a return transfer. Two suitcases, a pushchair and two children do not travel comfortably by train and tram. And a flight delayed by two hours is unforgiving if your plan depended on the last train home.
From Thionville, Metz, Yutz, Hettange-Grande, Hayange, Cattenom and across the Greater Region, My VTC Go runs these transfers on booking, day or night.
It is the question most travellers in this region ask — and a surprisingly hard one to find a straight answer to.
From the Moselle and Luxembourg you have around ten airports within reach. They do not serve the same destinations, and the nearest is almost never the most useful.
| Your destination | Recommended airport | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, low-cost | Charleroi | Ryanair hub: the widest low-cost network in the region |
| Europe, scheduled flights | Luxembourg-Findel | Luxair and scheduled carriers, 45 minutes from Thionville |
| Long-haul and global connections | Frankfurt | Europe's principal hub: every intercontinental destination |
| Low-cost to southern and eastern Europe | Frankfurt-Hahn | A low-cost base, isolation notwithstanding |
| North Africa | Metz-Nancy-Lorraine | Air Algérie and TUI Fly: Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Casablanca |
| Departures from Paris | Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle | The widest choice of destinations anywhere in France |
| Brussels, scheduled carriers | Brussels-Zaventem | Brussels Airlines and European connections |
| Germany and central Europe | Saarbrücken | The nearest option for the eastern Moselle |
| Switzerland, Alsace, southern Germany | Basel-Mulhouse or Strasbourg | Depending on where you are ultimately headed |
Many travellers assume the nearest airport is the right one. It is often a mistake, and sometimes an expensive one.
Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, the closest airport for anyone in Metz, now serves only a handful of destinations — Algeria, Morocco, Crete — with a few flights a day. If you are flying to Lisbon, Rome or New York, its proximity is worth nothing to you.
Frankfurt is over two hours away by road. But it is Europe's principal aviation hub, and for a long-haul flight those extra two hours will usually save you a connection, a layover, sometimes a hotel night.
Charleroi is the obvious choice for low-cost travel within Europe. Nothing in the region matches its Ryanair network.
The right airport is not the nearest one. It is the one your flight leaves from under the best conditions.
The most accessible airport from the northern Moselle. Home to Luxair, it serves the major European cities on scheduled routes.
Since March 2025 the T1 tram has connected the airport to Luxembourg Central Station, Kirchberg and Cloche d'Or. For a light journey into the capital, it works well, and there is no reason to pretend otherwise.
A private transfer earns its place for early flights — the tram does not run at 4am — for journeys starting in France, and for anyone travelling heavy.
The regional airport, at Goin, between Metz and Nancy, and 7 km from Lorraine TGV station.
Its network has narrowed over the years: Air Algérie flies to Algiers, Constantine and Oran; TUI Fly serves Casablanca; Aegean runs a seasonal link to Crete. For those destinations, it is the most convenient airport in the region. For anything else, look elsewhere.
Shuttle buses connect it to Metz and Nancy stations, timed around departures. A private transfer removes the dependency, particularly for Air Algérie's early-morning flights.
Europe's principal aviation hub, and the departure point for intercontinental flights: North America, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East.
Allow around two and a half hours by road from Thionville. This is not a local airport — it is a connecting one. The journey pays for itself in what it avoids: a layover, a feeder flight, a night in a hotel.
Not to be confused with the above: Frankfurt-Hahn sits 120 km from Frankfurt, in the Hunsrück hills. They are two different airports, and more than one traveller has found that out too late.
It is a low-cost base, historically tied to Ryanair. Its position is a curious one: closer to the Moselle than most people realise — about an hour and three quarters from Thionville — but entirely cut off from public transport, and its flights tend to land late at night.
It is one of the airports where a private transfer is less a comfort than a practical necessity.
The region's Ryanair hub, and the gateway to the widest low-cost network reachable from the Moselle and Luxembourg.
Around two hours by road from Thionville. For an affordable flight to Spain, Italy, Portugal or eastern Europe, it is frequently the best option — provided you have arranged the journey there, which many people neglect.
Belgium's main airport and the home of Brussels Airlines, with scheduled flights across Europe, Africa and North America.
Around two and a half hours from Thionville. The scheduled-carrier alternative to Charleroi, with a different level of service and a different set of connections.
The nearest German airport for the eastern Moselle. A limited network, mostly domestic German routes and a handful of European destinations. Around an hour and a quarter from Thionville.
Serves Europe and the Mediterranean. Around two hours by road. Worth considering for destinations that neither Findel nor Charleroi covers.
The EuroAirport — French, Swiss and German at once. A broad European network and the gateway to Switzerland. Around two and a half hours from Thionville.
France's largest airport, with the widest choice of destinations anywhere. Around three and a half hours by road.
Most travellers get there by high-speed train, and that is often the right call. A private transfer makes sense when the train does not run, for groups, for bulky luggage, or to avoid the double connection between station and terminal. For those journeys, see also our long-distance service.
All ten airports are served on booking, at any hour, from anywhere in the Moselle and Luxembourg.
An airport transfer is not calculated like an ordinary journey. The pickup time is worked backwards from your departure.
What goes into it:
The aim is not to get there as early as possible. It is to get there with enough margin, without spending three hours in a departure hall.
Give us your flight time when you book, and your pickup is set from there.
On the way back, your flight is tracked.
If your plane is delayed, your driver knows before you do. There is nothing to report and nothing to recalculate: the pickup is adjusted to your actual landing time, not the scheduled one.
60 minutes of waiting time are included from the moment you land. That window covers disembarkation, passport control and baggage reclaim. Beyond it, each additional 15-minute period is charged at €15.
The hour is calculated for ordinary circumstances. If something goes seriously wrong — lost luggage, an extended check — let your driver know.
Depending on the airport and what suits you:
In every case you are notified by text message or phone call, and a WhatsApp location share tells you exactly where your driver is.
The vehicle takes three suitcases, or four smaller bags. For anything bulkier — sports equipment, professional kit, a family's worth of luggage — tell us when you book.
Available on request, arranged before the journey (€10 supplement). Give us the child's age so the right seat is fitted.
Welcome, with a €10 supplement. Please mention it when booking.
Journeys into Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg present no particular difficulty. It is the daily reality of the service: most of the airports we serve are outside France.
Arriving by train before you fly? We also run transfers from stations across the region, including station-to-airport connections.
Transfers start at €20. The fare depends on distance, pickup point and airport. Your price is confirmed before you book: no meter, no surcharge along the way.
Yes. Your return pickup is set against your actual landing time, not the scheduled one.
60 minutes of waiting time are included from the moment you land — covering disembarkation, passport control and baggage reclaim. Beyond that, each additional 15-minute period is charged at €15.
Yes. Early-morning flights are among the most common requests, precisely because no public transport runs at that hour.
Frankfurt, in most cases: it is Europe's principal hub, and it usually spares you a connection. For a departure from Paris, CDG also offers a very wide range of destinations.
Yes. Charleroi is one of the most requested airports, because of the Ryanair network. Allow around two hours by road from Thionville.
Yes. Both legs can be arranged in a single booking, with the return set against your landing time.
You are notified by text message or phone call, and you can follow your driver's position via WhatsApp. A name-board greeting in the arrivals hall is available on request (€10 supplement).
Give us your airport, your flight time and your pickup point. Your transfer is worked out from your actual flight.
