There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Asmara by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Asmara (ASM)plane ZRH - ASM
14h 2m$323–765Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM)plane BSL - ASM
13h 16m$439–1,612Train, 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 Asmara (ASM)plane GVA - ASM
16h 12m$526–1,543Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Asmara (ASM)plane MXP - ASM
14h 53m$475–1,040Train, 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 Asmara (ASM)plane STR - ASM
14h 1m$497–1,823
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Asmara (ASM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Asmara is to train and fly which costs $320 - $800 and takes 14h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Asmara is to fly which takes 13h 16m and costs $430 - $1,700.
The distance between Basel and Asmara is 4639 km.
It takes approximately 14h 2m to get from Basel to Asmara, including transfers.
Asmara is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:35 AM in Basel and 11:35 AM in Asmara.
There are one+ hotels available in Asmara.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Asmara, Eritrea?
Turkish Airlines flies from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Basel to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- 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 (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
- $23–30
- 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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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 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
- $22–35
- 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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