There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to China by plane, train, car, or subway
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane LYS - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
16h 49m¥2,555–7,667Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane MXP - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
19h 10m¥2,296–6,778Drive 10,137.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Chongqingcar 10,137.9 km
4d 19h¥12,327–17,806Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane LYS - PEK
16h 6m¥3,650–6,658Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane GVA - PEK
15h 21m¥3,853–6,514Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane GVA - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
17h 59m¥2,658–8,023Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane LYS - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
17h¥2,436–7,143Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane LYS - HKG
19h 29m¥3,421–9,864
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to China is to train and fly which costs ¥2300 - ¥7000 and takes 19h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to China is to train and fly which takes 15h 21m and costs ¥3800 - ¥6500.
The distance between Lyon and China is 8426 km. The road distance is 10137.9 km.
It takes approximately 16h 49m to get from Lyon to China, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to China is 10138 km. It takes approximately 4 days 19h to drive from Lyon to China.
There are 623+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and China?
Austrian Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) once daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–7,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–8,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–11,000
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- en.bcia.com.cn
Train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥27–35
- Website
- https://en.bcia.com.cn/gsjssy.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥210–420
- 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 Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥280–430
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥430–700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥35–45
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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