There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CMB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
12h 19mCHF 324–1,722Fly to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL)plane CMB - BSL
13h 45mCHF 296–1,131Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CMB - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 18mCHF 398–1,007Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 35mCHF 384–3,247Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CMB - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
17h 22mCHF 334–1,533
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 290 - SFr 1200 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 12h 19m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 1800.
The distance between Colombo and Basel is 8151 km.
It takes approximately 12h 19m to get from Colombo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 6:15 PM in Colombo and 1:45 PM in Basel.
There are 933+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Basel, Switzerland?
SriLankan Airlines, Lufthansa, 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 Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–350
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–450
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,500
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–1,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–2,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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