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 323–1,616Fly to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL)plane CMB - BSL
13h 40mCHF 285–1,030Fly 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 389–3,136Fly 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
16h 43mCHF 326–996Fly 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
15h 54mCHF 334–1,643
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 280 - SFr 1100 and takes 13h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 12h 19m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 1700.
The distance between Colombo and Basel is 8151 km.
It takes approximately 12h 19m to get from Colombo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 3h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 12:54 PM in Colombo and 9:24 AM in Basel.
There are 1323+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Basel, Switzerland?
Emirates, Flydubai, and two other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–2,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–2,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–340
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–430
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–950
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–2,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,600
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 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 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- 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 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-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 28m
- 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
- +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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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