Sion Airport Sion Airport Sion Airport (Military: LSMS) is the airport of the city of Sion, Switzerland and is located 2.5 km southwest of Sion city in the Rhone Valley. The airport opened in 1935. The following airlines offer seasonal and charter flights at Sion Airport: The nearest larger international airport is Geneva Airport, approx. to the west, while the smaller Bern Airport is equidistant to the north. The Swiss Air Force uses Sion as one of their four jetfighter air bases, the others being Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen. It is known as "Flugplatzkommando 14 Sion". In addition to the prop-types Pilatus
Gheorghe Sion elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy. In Bucharest, he founded "Revista Carpaților" in 1860 and, together with V. A. Urechia, published "Transacțiuni literare și științifice" starting in 1872. His volumes included poetry ("Ciasurile de mulțămire a lui Gheorghe Sion", 1844; "Din poeziile lui Gheorghe Sion", 1857), plays ("Influința morală", 1869; "La Plevna!", 1878; "Dramatice", 1879; "Sărutarea", 1888), a travel book ("Suvenire de călătoria în Basarabia meridională", 1857), and memoirs ("Suvenire contimpurane", 1888). Gheorghe Sion Gheorghe Sion (May 22, 1822 – October 1, 1892) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, playwright, translator and memoirist. He was born in Mamornița