There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Egypt by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ZRH - CAI
8h 29m$178–466Fly Basel to Cairo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane BSL - CAI
9h 9m$146–377Fly Basel to Borg El Arab, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane BSL - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
11h 31mTrain, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- 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 32m$235–521Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- 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$163–590
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Egypt is to train and fly which costs $160 - $600 and takes 11h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Egypt is to train and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs $170 - $470.
The distance between Basel and Egypt is 2869 km.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Basel to Egypt, including transfers.
Egypt is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:08 PM in Basel and 7:08 PM in Egypt.
There are 7709+ hotels available in Egypt.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Egypt?
AJet, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–340
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–500
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- 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
- $230–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- nesmaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- $23–30
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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