…and the aerodrome frequency by the way is FR only
Says who?
The Radio Facility Chart out of the Swiss VFR manual dated 05 MAR 2015 lists LSGL as “En, Fr”.
Furthermore, having a bilingual ATIS and then allowing only one language on the info frequency wouldn’t make much sense.
In fact, in Switzerland, there are only few (non-glider only) airfields left that do not allow English on their info frequency.
@boscomantico don’t blindly trust Jeppesen, this is not the only place where they are out of date.
From the airport:
I confirm that Lausanne is bilingual French and English.
Just for information: as Lausanne is not
controlled we won’t necessarily respond to landing or departing aircraft,
sometimes we simply are busy with something else. If you come again, feel
free to land at your discretion, even if no answer from our side. Pilots
talk to each other to define who will be number one and two in case of
doubt. If the airport is (suddenly) closed for any reason, it would be
notified on our APCH INFO frequ. 118.825
Interesting.
Based solely on the Jepp chart you showed earlier, I too would have taken it that the AFIS would be active during the opening hours, and if I couldn’t get a reply that something was wrong.
The APCH INFO is a recording (much like an ATIS), which is why it’s always on :-)
It would also make no sense whatsoever for such a nice well managed well located and welcoming airport like Lausanne to be open only to French speaking pilots.
70CHF for an entry level meal? Did you go to Lausanne Palace or Chateau d’Ouchy?
We were at the Airport Restaurant on the 2nd day and there a meal was around 40 CHF including dessert.
70 per Person is awfully expensive. Either Lausanne is worse than Zürich or they did end up in a very upscale place.
Can definitly do better in ZRH, but am a bit off current restaurant ideas in Lausanne as it’s been years since I’ve been downtown.
I can vouch for it being a relatively upmarket meal. I find that Switzerland is only a little more expensive than London for eating out.
I think what happens on these meet-ups is that one ends up in a nice place to eat and spends a lot of money, which is fine once or twice, and after that one gets a bit wiser.
Also some of the places can see you coming. We got sold some pretty amazing fish at Mali Losinj at the Barracuda, 2014 – for about €100 each 
Also some of the places can see you coming
Yes they do. In case you’re going to Locarno some time, last time I was there Link a friend ordered an impromptu birthday cake for his wife… It was 90 CHF and included nine slices, for a party of ten. It tasted great… happily one of the party didn’t like cake anyway I’ll be there in June again and I think we’ll take a little walk down the street for dinner unless I’m outvoted.
