There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Beirut by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane BSL - BEY
8h 34m$197–453Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane ZRH - BEY
7h 32m$254–750Train, 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 Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane GVA - BEY
9h 21m$400–1,272Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane FRA - BEY
8h 44m$245–880Train, 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 Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane MXP - BEY
10h 52m$313–949
Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Beirut is to fly which costs $190 - $460 and takes 8h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Beirut is to train and fly which takes 7h 32m and costs $250 - $750.
The distance between Basel and Beirut is 2801 km.
It takes approximately 8h 34m to get from Basel to Beirut, including transfers.
Beirut is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:56 AM in Basel and 11:56 AM in Beirut.
There are 695+ hotels available in Beirut.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Beirut, Lebanon?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–430
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- cyprusairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–550
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- Trenord
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