There are 5 ways to get from Basel to George Town 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 Penang International Airport (PEN)plane ZRH - PEN
20h 27mRM 1,760–5,953Train, 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 Penang International Airport (PEN)plane MXP - PEN
23h 16mRM 1,523–4,686Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane BSL - PEN
22h 52mRM 1,918–4,723Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane FRA - PEN
20h 3mRM 2,087–6,131Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane STR - PEN
23h 43mRM 1,549–4,569
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Penang International Airport (PEN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to George Town is to train and fly which costs RM 1700 - RM 6000 and takes 20h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to George Town is to train and fly which takes 20h 3m and costs RM 2000 - RM 6500.
The distance between Basel and George Town is 9822 km.
It takes approximately 20h 27m to get from Basel to George Town, including transfers.
George Town is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:57 AM in Basel and 8:57 AM in George Town.
There are 509+ hotels available in George Town.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and George Town, Malaysia?
Flydubai, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Penang International Airport (PEN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–7,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,100
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–4,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–4,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–4,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–3,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,700
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–7,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,500
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–9,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–4,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–4,700
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Penang International Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–6,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Penang International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,200
- 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
- RM 140–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 410–1,200
- 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
- RM 280–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 160–380
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 70–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 65–130
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- RM 65–80
- 1st Class Ticket
- RM 85–130
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 65–90
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 65–100
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RM 55–70
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- 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
- RM 90–120
- 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
- RM 28–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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