There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Cairo 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 Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ZRH - CAI
8h 34m$228–372Train, 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 Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MXP - CAI
11h 59m$115–455Train, 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 Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GVA - CAI
10h 37m$268–475Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane STR - CAI
10h 4m$213–1,236Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane BSL - CAI
9h 20m$156–347
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cairo is to fly which costs $150 - $350 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cairo is to train and fly which takes 8h 34m and costs $220 - $380.
The distance between Basel and Cairo is 2869 km.
It takes approximately 8h 34m to get from Basel to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:48 PM in Basel and 10:48 PM in Cairo.
There are 7559+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cairo, Egypt?
easyJet, Egyptair, and Aegean Airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) once daily.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–550
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
- Website
- nesmaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–1,100
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $70–110
- 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- $20–29
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- TGV inOui
- 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
- $22–28
- 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
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
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