There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Hong Kong by train, plane, or ferry
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 Hong Kong International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane ZRH - HKG
15h 20m$2,742–4,635Fly Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane BSL - SZX
18h 52m$2,256–11,189Fly Basel to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane BSL - HKG
16h 15m$3,165–12,089Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane FRA - SZX
17h 38m$4,256–9,324Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane MXP - HKG
19h 9m$2,770–9,387Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Shenzhen Bao'An 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 Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane MXP - SZX
20h 1m$3,261–9,987Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Macau International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Macau International Airport (MFM)plane ZRH - MFM
- Take the ferry from Macau Taipa Ferry Terminal to Hong Kong Sheung Wanferry
19h 59m$4,327–16,105
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Hong Kong is to train and fly which costs $2700 - $4700 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hong Kong is to train and fly which takes 15h 20m and costs $2700 - $4700.
The distance between Basel and Hong Kong is 9410 km.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from Basel to Hong Kong, including transfers.
Hong Kong is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:14 AM in Basel and 8:14 AM in Hong Kong.
There are 487+ hotels available in Hong Kong.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Hong Kong?
Lufthansa and Cathay Pacific fly from Basel (BSL) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–11,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–5,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–8,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,300–15,000
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,200–15,000
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–9,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–4,900
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–12,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–8,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–15,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,500–13,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–12,000
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–12,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–9,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–9,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,400–9,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–7,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–18,000
- Website
- egoairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,800–16,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Munich, Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–19,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–4,900
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,400–21,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–13,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–18,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–18,000
- 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
- $270–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
- 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
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $180–230
- 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
- $55–70
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +852 2359 9990
- Website
- cotaiwaterjet.com
Ferry from Macau Taipa Ferry Terminal to Hong Kong Sheung Wan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–220
- Schedules at
- cotaiwaterjet.com
- Weekdays
- $175
- Weekends/Holidays
- $190
- Night Sailing
- $220
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