There are 5 ways to get from Osaka to Basel by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Basel (BSL)plane KIX - BSL
20hCHF 384–1,120Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NGO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 33mCHF 300–1,082Fly Kobe to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane UKB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
23h 31mCHF 690–2,105Fly Kobe to Basel
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Basel (BSL)plane UKB - BSL
22h 36mCHF 432–1,719Fly Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ITM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 48mCHF 363–1,593
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 380 - SFr 1200 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Basel is to train and fly which takes 20h and costs SFr 380 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Osaka and Basel is 9578 km.
It takes approximately 20h to get from Osaka to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h behind Osaka. It is currently 10:33 PM in Osaka and 3:33 PM in Basel.
There are 546+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Basel, Switzerland?
All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- CHF 14–16
- Reserved Seat
- CHF 10–15
- Green Seat
- CHF 14–19
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- CHF 26–35
- Reserved seat
- CHF 30–40
- Green seat
- CHF 35–50
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