There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Vientiane by plane, car, or train
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Fly Basel to Wattay International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane BSL - VTE
20h 32m$424–1,905Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Wattay 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 Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane MXP - VTE
23h 6m$391–733Drive 11,624.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Vientianecar 11,624.7 km
5d 15h$2,344–3,386Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Wattay International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane ZRH - VTE
17h 11m$590–2,114Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane ZRH - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
18h 23m$524–1,335Fly Basel to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane BSL - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
19h 18m$478–1,826
Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly which costs $390 - $750 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly which takes 17h 11m and costs $550 - $2,200.
The distance between Basel and Vientiane is 8915 km. The road distance is 11624.7 km.
It takes approximately 20h 32m to get from Basel to Vientiane, including transfers.
Vientiane is 5h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:47 AM in Basel and 2:47 PM in Vientiane.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Vientiane is 11625 km. It takes approximately 5 days 15h to drive from Basel to Vientiane.
There are 284+ hotels available in Vientiane.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vientiane, Laos?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,900
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Frankfurt, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,100
- 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 Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- 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
- $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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