There are 7 ways to get from Colombo to Switzerland by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CMB - ZRH
11h 59mCHF 293–696Fly 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
15h 31mCHF 257–583Fly to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CMB - GVA
14h 11mCHF 259–522Fly to Basel
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL)plane CMB - BSL
14h 30mCHF 285–440Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CMB - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
15h 34mCHF 281–618Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CMB - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
17h 39mCHF 350–805Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
15h 20mCHF 319–785
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Switzerland is to fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 440 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Switzerland is to fly which takes 11h 59m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 700.
The distance between Colombo and Switzerland is 8066 km.
It takes approximately 11h 59m to get from Colombo to Switzerland, including transfers.
Switzerland is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 12:41 AM in Colombo and 8:11 PM in Switzerland.
There are 1224+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air, Kuwait Airways, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
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 Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–800
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 260–700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–750
- 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
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–340
- 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 300–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–700
- 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 350–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–700
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- jazeeraairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
- 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/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–40
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 35–55
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–65
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 44–49
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 20–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–120
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–60
- 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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