There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Hong Kong by train, plane, or ferry
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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 22m$3,217–14,050Train, 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 11m$3,033–10,069Fly Basel to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane BSL - HKG
17h 13m$4,026–13,169Fly Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane BSL - SZX
18h 56m$3,257–17,189Train 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 41m$3,872–9,422Train 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 4m$5,341–19,140
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 $3200 - $15000 and takes 15h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hong Kong is to train and fly which takes 15h 22m and costs $3200 - $15000.
The distance between Basel and Hong Kong is 9410 km.
It takes approximately 15h 22m to get from Basel to Hong Kong, including transfers.
Hong Kong is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 7:04 AM in Basel and 1:04 PM in Hong Kong.
There are 635+ 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) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,900–18,000
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–18,000
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–20,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–16,000
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
- $2,200–15,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–21,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,000–21,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,400–15,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,300–14,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,800–24,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–15,000
Flights from Basel to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–13,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–9,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–17,000
Flights from Basel to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,300–17,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–12,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–15,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–18,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–13,000
- Website
- egoairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–22,000
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
- 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
- $2,700–11,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–17,000
- 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
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Macau International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–25,000
- 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
- $290–850
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
- 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
- $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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $19–220
- Schedules at
- cotaiwaterjet.com
- Weekdays
- $175
- Weekends/Holidays
- $190
- Night Sailing
- $220
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