There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Egypt by train, plane, or bus
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 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 24m$180–440Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cairo 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 Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MXP - CAI
11h 55m$152–565Fly Basel to Cairo International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane BSL - CAI
9h 3m$166–377Fly 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 29mTrain, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane GVA - CAI
10h 49m$223–468
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Egypt is to fly which costs $160 - $380 and takes 9h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Egypt is to train and fly which takes 8h 24m and costs $180 - $440.
The distance between Basel and Egypt is 2869 km.
It takes approximately 8h 24m to get from Basel to Egypt, including transfers.
Egypt is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 7:30 AM in Basel and 8:30 AM in Egypt.
There are 7488+ hotels available in Egypt.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Egypt?
SunExpress, AJet, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- 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
- $180–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–750
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–750
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–310
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–310
Flights from Basel to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–470
- 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
- $210–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- 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
- $270–1,100
- 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
- $180–800
- Website
- nesmaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–170
- 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
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- 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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