There are 5 ways to get from Lyon to Riyadh by plane or train
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Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LYS - RUH
11h 30mSAR 1,020–2,878Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
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 Riyadh (RUH)plane MXP - RUH
15h 15mSAR 871–3,137Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane GVA - RUH
11h 58mSAR 884–2,190Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Riyadh (RUH)plane TRN - RUH
16h 2mSAR 883–2,702Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibestrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Riyadh (RUH)plane NCE - RUH
14h 7mSAR 1,599–3,684
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Riyadh is to train and fly which costs 850﷼ - 3200﷼ and takes 15h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Riyadh is to fly which takes 11h 30m and costs 1000﷼ - 2900﷼.
The distance between Lyon and Riyadh is 4418 km.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Lyon to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 2:26 AM in Lyon and 3:26 AM in Riyadh.
There are 2947+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Aegean Airlines, Royal Jordanian, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Riyadh (RUH) 4 times a week.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Medina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,200
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,700
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,500
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,300
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–4,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–4,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–3,500
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,600
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–4,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,500
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,700
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,400
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Riyadh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,800
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–1,700
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–3,000
- Website
- flyadeal.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Medina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
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 Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 110–250
- 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
- SAR 150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 480–750
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 160–280
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 240–400
- 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
- SAR 19–25
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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