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 48m$212–586Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane GVA - EBL
11h 36m$200–560Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane BSL - EBL
9h 39m$201–571Train, 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$224–643
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 $220 - $650 and takes 11h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Erbil is to train and fly which takes 9h 39m and costs $200 - $600.
The distance between Bern and Erbil is 3289 km.
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Bern to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 2h ahead of Bern. It is currently 1:55 PM in Bern and 3:55 PM in Erbil.
There are 89+ hotels available 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
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- urairlines.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,800
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,800
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- 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
- $30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $17–21
- 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
- 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
- $8–40
- 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
- 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
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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