There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL)CMB - BSL
14h 12mCHF 269–476Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CMB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
13h 6mCHF 289–520Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
15h 5mCHF 328–797Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)CMB - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
17h 46mCHF 313–813Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)CMB - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
18h 19mCHF 335–792Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)CMB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBB
19h 25mCHF 270–689
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 280 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 13h 6m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550.
The distance between Colombo and Basel is 8138 km.
It takes approximately 14h 12m to get from Colombo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 1:13 AM in Colombo and 8:43 PM in Basel.
There are 1273+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Basel, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, and five other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–320
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–650
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,100
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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