There are 7 ways to get from Basel to China by plane, car, train, or subway
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Fly Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)BSL - PEK
15h 17m¥2,854–4,661Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)ZRH - HKG
16h 34m¥2,250–3,874Drive 9,798.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Chongqing9,798.4 km
4d 15h¥13,857–20,016Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)ZRH - PEK
15h 58m¥3,031–5,938Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)FRA - PEK
14h 40m¥2,776–8,772Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)FRA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
16h 37m¥3,560–4,862Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)GVA - PEK
17h 3m¥2,534–6,524
Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to China is to train and fly which costs ¥2200 - ¥3900 and takes 16h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to China is to train and fly which takes 14h 40m and costs ¥2700 - ¥9000.
The distance between Basel and China is 8057 km. The road distance is 9798.4 km.
It takes approximately 15h 17m to get from Basel to China, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to China is 9798 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Basel to China.
There are 485+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and 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 Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,500
- 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
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,800
- 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
- ¥170–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥210–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥290–600
- 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
- ¥240–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
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