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)plane BSL - PEK
15h 17m¥2,851–4,166Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
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 19m¥2,039–4,465Drive 9,797.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Chongqingcar 9,797.7 km
4d 15h¥13,775–19,897Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane ZRH - PEK
15h 58m¥3,028–5,437Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
14h 40m¥2,769–7,797Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane ZRH - HKG
16h 34m¥2,249–3,768Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane FRA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
16h 37m¥3,555–8,782
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 - ¥3800 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 - ¥8000.
The distance between Basel and China is 8057 km. The road distance is 9797.7 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 489+ 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 Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- 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 Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- 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
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,100
- 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
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–4,300
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
- 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
- ¥170–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥470–900
- 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
- ¥240–800
- 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
- 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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