There are 5 ways to get from Newark to Lugano by plane or train
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Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane EWR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
12h 27mCHF 206–561Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EWR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
12h 34mCHF 189–432Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane JFK - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
12h 46mCHF 197–579Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane JFK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
13h 8mCHF 210–470Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PHL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
14h 12mCHF 374–1,659
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Newark to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 180 - SFr 440 and takes 12h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Newark to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 12h 27m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 600.
The distance between Newark and Lugano is 6523 km.
It takes approximately 12h 27m to get from Newark to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 6h ahead of Newark. It is currently 9:26 PM in Newark and 3:26 AM in Lugano.
There are 6073+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Newark, NJ, USA and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Newark to Lugano. However, you can take the line 62 bus to Terminal B, walk to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano. Alternatively, you can take the train to New York Penn Station, take the train to Jamaica, walk to Jamaica Station, take the vehicle to Terminal 4, walk to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–430
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–430
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–360
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–290
- Website
- lacompagnie.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–550
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–900
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- CHF 8–170
- Business Class
- CHF 45–200
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–460
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- CHF 14–350
- First Class
- CHF 95–460
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