There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Lusaka 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 Lusaka (LUN)plane ZRH - LUN
18h 34m$390–1,306Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane GVA - LUN
20h 38m$445–1,108Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane FRA - LUN
18h 31m$445–1,092Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lusaka (LUN)plane BSL - LUN
21h 5m$394–1,355Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lusaka (LUN)plane MXP - LUN
21h 44m$451–1,285
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lusaka is to train and fly which costs $440 - $1,200 and takes 20h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lusaka is to train and fly which takes 18h 31m and costs $440 - $1,100.
The distance between Basel and Lusaka is 7379 km.
It takes approximately 18h 34m to get from Basel to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:45 PM in Basel and 2:45 PM in Lusaka.
There are 358+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lusaka, Zambia?
Lufthansa, Kenya Airways, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Lusaka (LUN) twice daily.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa, Ndola
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–950
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–950
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- 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
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- 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
- $35–95
- 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
- $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/
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