There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Tel Aviv 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 Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)plane ZRH - TLV
7h 47m₪600–1,408Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
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 Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)plane MXP - TLV
11h 27m₪276–1,403Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)plane BSL - TLV
8h 58m₪626–1,634Fly from Mulhouse
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)plane MLH - TLV
10h 38m₪526–2,034Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)plane FRA - TLV
9h 18m₪501–1,502
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tel Aviv is to train and fly which costs ₪ 270 - ₪ 1,400 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tel Aviv is to train and fly which takes 7h 47m and costs ₪ 600 - ₪ 1,500.
The distance between Basel and Tel Aviv is 2920 km.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Basel to Tel Aviv, including transfers.
Tel Aviv is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 7:38 PM in Basel and 8:38 PM in Tel Aviv.
There are 1662+ hotels available in Tel Aviv.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tel Aviv, Israel?
Wizz Air, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) 6 times a week.
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₪470–650
Flights from Basel to Ben Gurion Airport via Tivat
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₪700–2,100
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₪900–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₪650–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪500–1,700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ben Gurion Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪550–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ben Gurion Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₪600–1,700
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Skopje, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₪550–2,000
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Skopje, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₪500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ben Gurion Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪500–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ben Gurion Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪550–1,600
- Website
- arkia.co.il
Flights from Basel to Ben Gurion Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₪500–2,100
Flights from Basel to Ben Gurion Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₪500–2,200
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₪800–2,500
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₪1,000–2,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₪700–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪500–2,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪600–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Ben Gurion Airport via Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₪550–950
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Tuzla International, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₪550–2,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪170–850
- Website
- bluedartaviation.com
Flights from Basel to Ben Gurion Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₪500–2,200
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₪700–2,300
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Mulhouse to Ben Gurion Airport via Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₪1,100–2,400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ben Gurion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₪370–1,100
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₪100–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₪290–460
- 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
- ₪180–390
- 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
- ₪70–90
- 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
- ₪21–27
- Website
- Trenord
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