There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Hong Kong by train or plane
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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 17m$2,808–4,296Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane MXP - HKG
19h 17m$2,321–5,623Fly Basel to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane BSL - HKG
16h 8m$3,324–10,167Train to Frankfurt, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane FRA - HKG
16h 53m$3,088–4,960Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Hong Kong International Airport
- 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 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane STR - HKG
19h 18m$3,295–7,237Train to Frankfurt, fly to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)plane FRA - CAN
- Take the train from Guangzhou East to West Kowloon Stationtrain
19h 25m$3,594–6,044
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Hong Kong is to train and fly which costs $2800 - $4300 and takes 15h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hong Kong is to train and fly which takes 15h 17m and costs $2800 - $4300.
The distance between Basel and Hong Kong is 9410 km.
It takes approximately 15h 17m to get from Basel to Hong Kong, including transfers.
Hong Kong is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:25 AM in Basel and 10:25 AM in Hong Kong.
There are 640+ hotels available in Hong Kong.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Hong Kong?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and Cathay Pacific fly from Basel (BSL) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–3,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–4,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–4,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–4,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–8,500
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–10,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–8,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–10,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,600–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,700–8,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–12,000
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,200–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–10,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–12,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–8,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–9,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,500–8,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–6,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hong Kong International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–9,500
- 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
- $2,500–7,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $280–400
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $800–1,200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–220
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $120–150
- 1st Class Ticket
- $160–240
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Guangzhou East to West Kowloon Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $95–105
- 1st Class Seat
- $150–170
- Business Class Seat
- $210–310
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