The man then was arrested and a police bomb disposal team boarded the flight after the threat was made at the counter of an airline just before 1:00 p.m. Thursday.
The Russian airline company Aeroflot said later in a statement it was Aeroflot flight 2381 to Moscow and passengers would be transferred to other aircraft for the journey.
A Geneva prosecutor`s spokesman said the arrested man was Russian and there were 115 people on board.
The plane was due to leave Geneva for Moscow at 12:35 local time.
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