There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Beijing by plane, car, or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane BSL - PEK
15h 4m¥2,851–4,465Train, 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 Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane MXP - PEK
18h 3m¥2,238–4,376Drive 9,712.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Beijingcar 9,712.9 km
4d 15h¥13,613–19,663Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane ZRH - PEK
15h 44m¥2,930–5,019Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
14h 30m¥2,670–6,172Train, 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 Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane GVA - PEK
16h 27m¥2,777–4,928
Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Beijing is to train and fly which costs ¥2200 - ¥4400 and takes 18h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Beijing is to train and fly which takes 14h 30m and costs ¥2600 - ¥6500.
The distance between Basel and Beijing is 8050 km. The road distance is 9712.9 km.
It takes approximately 15h 4m to get from Basel to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:59 PM in Basel and 12:59 AM in Beijing.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Beijing is 9713 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Basel to Beijing.
There are 1045+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Beijing, China?
Austrian Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–2,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–4,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–8,500
- 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
- ¥180–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥320–550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥130–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥460–900
- 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
- ¥240–650
- 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
- ¥160–210
- 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
- ¥50–65
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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