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)plane CMB - BSL
14h 40mCHF 285–580Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CMB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
19h 24mCHF 265–683Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CMB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
13h 4mCHF 304–724Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
15h 5mCHF 306–826Fly 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 48mCHF 291–517Fly 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 29mCHF 309–522
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 600 and takes 14h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 13h 4m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 750.
The distance between Colombo and Basel is 8139 km.
It takes approximately 14h 40m to get from Colombo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 8:31 AM in Colombo and 4:01 AM in Basel.
There are 1015+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Basel, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- 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 360–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- 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 290–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–800
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 300–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–950
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,300
- 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 340–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- 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 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- 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 Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- 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 21–50
- 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 13–24
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–24
- 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
- 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
- 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 27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 27–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–90
- 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 25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- 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 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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