There are 4 ways to get from Indianapolis to Lyon by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane IND - LYS
16h 2m€286–1,116Fly Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane IND - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
19h 8m€276–1,092Bus to Covington, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnatibus
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CVG - LYS
16h 55m€399–1,541Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ORD - LYS
19h€345–973
Indianapolis (IND) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Lyon is to train and fly which costs €340 - €1000 and takes 19h.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Lyon is to fly which takes 16h 2m and costs €280 - €1200.
The distance between Indianapolis and Lyon is 7119 km.
It takes approximately 16h 2m to get from Indianapolis to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 6h ahead of Indianapolis. It is currently 6:08 PM in Indianapolis and 12:08 AM in Lyon.
There are 1061+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Lyon, France?
Aer Lingus, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,500
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,400
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Covington to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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