There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Addis Ababa by plane 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 from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane BSL - ADD
12h 23m$274–1,005Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane MXP - ADD
14h 46m$230–783Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane ZRH - ADD
13h 34m$338–548Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane FRA - ADD
12h 26m$345–709Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane GVA - ADD
13h 29m$311–885Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane STR - ADD
14h 53m$322–1,015
Basel (BSL) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Addis Ababa is to train and fly which costs $330 - $550 and takes 13h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Addis Ababa is to fly which takes 12h 23m and costs $270 - $1,000.
The distance between Basel and Addis Ababa is 5216 km.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Basel to Addis Ababa, including transfers.
Addis Ababa is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:57 PM in Basel and 12:57 AM in Addis Ababa.
There are 317+ hotels available in Addis Ababa.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia?
Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) twice daily.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–35
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
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