There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Madagascar by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Philibert Tsiranana Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philibert Tsiranana Airport (MJN)plane ZRH - MJN
19h 54m$1,244–2,324Fly Basel to Ivato International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane BSL - TNR
20h 48m$559–2,112Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ivato International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane ZRH - TNR
19h 32m$796–1,427Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ivato International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane FRA - TNR
18h 53m$724–1,368Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ivato International Airport
- 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 Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane GVA - TNR
20h 15m$755–1,392Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Ivato 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 Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane MXP - TNR
20h 37m$685–1,172Fly Basel to Philibert Tsiranana Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Philibert Tsiranana Airport (MJN)plane BSL - MJN
25h 35m$657–2,009Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Ivato International Airport
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Ivato International Airport (TNR)plane CDG - TNR
17h 22m$575–1,339
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philibert Tsiranana Airport (MJN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Madagascar is to train and fly which costs $650 - $1,200 and takes 20h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Madagascar is to train and fly which takes 17h 22m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Basel and Madagascar is 8070 km.
It takes approximately 19h 54m to get from Basel to Madagascar, including transfers.
Madagascar is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:48 PM in Basel and 6:48 PM in Madagascar.
There are 251+ hotels available in Madagascar.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Madagascar?
Israir, Ethiopian Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Ivato International Airport (TNR) twice daily.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivato International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Ivato International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ivato International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Tel Aviv, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Athens, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ivato International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ivato International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,100
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philibert Tsiranana Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Dzaoudzi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Basel to Philibert Tsiranana Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Dzaoudzi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 33m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ivato International Airport via Dzaoudzi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ivato International Airport via St-Denis
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ivato International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ivato International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivato International Airport via Mahe Island
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivato International Airport via Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Ivato International Airport via Mahe Island
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Basel to Ivato International Airport via Tel Aviv, Mahe Island
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- airmauritius.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivato International Airport via Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ivato International Airport via Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ivato International Airport via Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ivato International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ivato International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- 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
- $65–170
- 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
- $23–29
- 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/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Strasbourg to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–180
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
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