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
12h 8m$595–2,024Train, 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 Asmara (ASM)plane MXP - ASM
14h 52m$435–1,267Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM)plane BSL - ASM
13h 44m$609–2,212Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Asmara (ASM)plane GVA - ASM
15h 56m$654–2,288Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Asmara (ASM)plane STR - ASM
16h 30m$665–2,283
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 $430 - $1,300 and takes 14h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Asmara is to train and fly which takes 12h 8m and costs $550 - $2,100.
The distance between Basel and Asmara is 4639 km.
It takes approximately 12h 8m to get from Basel to Asmara, including transfers.
Asmara is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:38 AM in Basel and 3:38 AM in Asmara.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Asmara, Eritrea?
Turkish Airlines flies from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM) 6 times a week.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Basel to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- 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 SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–30
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
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