There are 7 ways to get from France to Colombo by plane or train
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Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane CDG - CMB
13h 33mRs 132,824–1,215,324Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LYS - CMB
16h 1mRs 114,014–346,514Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane NCE - CMB
15h 45mRs 139,066–501,566Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
15h 5mRs 159,537–1,017,556Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FRA - CMB
14h 44mRs 151,349–1,246,058Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane STR - CMB
16h 46mRs 171,256–639,286Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LHR - CMB
15h 3mRs 186,975–733,311
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Colombo is to fly which costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 350000 and takes 16h 1m.
The fastest way to get from France to Colombo is to fly which takes 13h 33m and costs Rs. 130000 - Rs. 1300000.
The distance between France and Colombo is 8546 km.
It takes approximately 13h 33m to get from France to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 3h 30m ahead of France. It is currently 9:28 AM in France and 12:58 PM in Colombo.
There are 1467+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between France and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
SriLankan Airlines, Etihad, and two other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–460,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–410,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–470,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–470,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–230,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–550,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–400,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–550,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–550,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–180,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–180,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–400,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–350,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–440,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–550,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–550,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 220,000–700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 220,000–700,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–1,200,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–600,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–230,000
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–360,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–19,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,500–24,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–27,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 12,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 33,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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