There are 4 ways to get from Colombo to Zurich 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 270–475Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Basel (BSL)plane CMB - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 58mCHF 286–542Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- 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 Zürich HBtrain
18h 57mCHF 283–659Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CMB - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
18h 1mCHF 316–774
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 270 - SFr 480 and takes 11h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Zurich is to fly which takes 11h 59m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 480.
The distance between Colombo and Zurich is 8065 km.
It takes approximately 11h 59m to get from Colombo to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 7:34 PM in Colombo and 3:04 PM in Zurich.
There are 1238+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Zurich, Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air, Etihad, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–350
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
- Website
- qatarairways.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 Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
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 Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,100
- 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 340–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- 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 470–1,300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
- 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 330–1,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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