There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Busan by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)ZRH - PUS
18h 9m₩543,295–1,186,583Train to Frankfurt, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)FRA - PUS
17h 52m₩382,506–2,254,853Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Daegu International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)ZRH - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
21h 2m₩1,056,795–3,733,783Fly Basel to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)BSL - PUS
20h 14m₩606,756–2,108,458Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)MXP - PUS
22h 1m₩545,618–1,795,763Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)ZRH - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
18h 53m₩505,795–812,783
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Busan is to train and fly and bus which costs ₩500,000 - ₩850,000 and takes 18h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Busan is to train and fly which takes 17h 52m and costs ₩380,000 - ₩2300,000.
The distance between Basel and Busan is 9184 km.
It takes approximately 18h 9m to get from Basel to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 8h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:04 PM in Basel and 2:04 AM in Busan.
There are 1079+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Busan, South Korea?
Lufthansa, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) once daily.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,400,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,300,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,500,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,400,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,900,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,600,000
Flights from Basel to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Munich, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,000,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,100,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,000,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,800,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,700,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Daegu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–4,000,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,300,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,300,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,900,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
Flights from Basel to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,200,000
Flights from Basel to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,100,000
Flights from Basel to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,700,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,300,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,900,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–650,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,500,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,200,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Daegu International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,800,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,000,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,000,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–750,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–650,000
- 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
- ₩36,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩95,000–190,000
- 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 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩50,000–160,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩13,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩16,000–22,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩13,000–19,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩38,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩38,000–55,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Economy Class
- ₩59,800
- Non-reserved Seat
- ₩45,500
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩7,200–17,800
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ₩7,200–7,400
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,670
- Economy class
- ₩17,800
- Non-reserved Seat
- ₩15,100
- 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
- ₩34,000–43,000
- 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
- ₩10,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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