There are 6 ways to get from Addis Ababa to Basel by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Basel (BSL)ADD - BSL
12h 14mCHF 250–834Drive 7,332.5 km
- Drive from Addis Ababa to Basel7,332.5 km
3d 17hCHF 1,184–1,709Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)ADD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
13h 13mCHF 252–812Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)ADD - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
14h 36mCHF 377–1,167Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Frankfurt (FRA)ADD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
13h 51mCHF 298–563Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)ADD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBB
15h 48mCHF 264–717
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Addis Ababa to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 260 - SFr 750 and takes 15h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Addis Ababa to Basel is to fly which takes 12h 14m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 850.
The distance between Addis Ababa and Basel is 5216 km. The road distance is 7332.5 km.
It takes approximately 12h 14m to get from Addis Ababa to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Addis Ababa. It is currently 1:51 AM in Addis Ababa and 11:51 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Addis Ababa to Basel is 7333 km. It takes approximately 3 days 17h to drive from Addis Ababa to Basel.
There are 1242+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Basel, Switzerland?
Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,000
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Frankfurt via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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