There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Riyadh Airport (RUH) by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH)plane BSL - RUH
10h 40mSAR 453–1,417Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riyadh (RUH)plane ZRH - RUH
9h 15mSAR 708–1,719Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
10h 28mSAR 730–1,709Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane GVA - RUH
11h 31mSAR 686–2,208Train, 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane MXP - RUH
13h 2mSAR 663–2,099Fly from Mulhouse
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Riyadh (RUH)plane MLH - RUH
13h 55mSAR 963–3,017
Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Riyadh Airport (RUH) is to fly which costs 450﷼ - 1500﷼ and takes 10h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Riyadh Airport (RUH) is to train and fly which takes 9h 15m and costs 700﷼ - 1800﷼.
The distance between Basel and Riyadh Airport (RUH) is 4256 km.
It takes approximately 10h 40m to get from Basel to Riyadh Airport (RUH), including transfers.
Riyadh Airport (RUH) is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:56 PM in Basel and 4:56 PM in Riyadh Airport (RUH).
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Riyadh Airport (RUH), Saudi Arabia?
AJet, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,300
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 440–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Riyadh via Skopje, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,900
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–1,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,600
Flights from Mulhouse to Riyadh via Tuzla International, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,900
Flights from Mulhouse to Riyadh via Podgorica, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,900
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,300
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,200
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,800
Flights from Mulhouse to Riyadh via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,600
- Website
- nesmaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–1,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 90–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 110–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 150–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 250–470
- 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
- SAR 130–410
- 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
- SAR 85–110
- 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
- SAR 26–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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