There are 4 ways to get from Bern to Erbil by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane ZRH - EBL
9h 43m$189–515Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane BSL - EBL
10h 24m$222–891Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane GVA - EBL
11h 6m$243–856Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane STR - EBL
11h 16m$257–694
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Erbil is to train and fly which costs $180 - $550 and takes 9h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Erbil is to train and fly which takes 9h 43m and costs $180 - $550.
The distance between Bern and Erbil is 3289 km.
It takes approximately 9h 43m to get from Bern to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 1h ahead of Bern. It is currently 1:49 PM in Bern and 2:49 PM in Erbil.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Erbil, Iraq?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Erbil. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Erbil International Airport (EBL), then take the taxi to Erbil. Alternatively, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Erbil International Airport (EBL), then take the taxi to Erbil.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,300
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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