There are 6 ways to get from Philadelphia to Lugano by plane or train
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Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PHL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
12h 36mCHF 387–659Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane EWR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
13h 42mCHF 221–532Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PHL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
12h 45mCHF 350–1,182Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- 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
14h 7mCHF 225–954Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PHL - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
14h 49mCHF 338–1,222Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EWR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
13h 35mCHF 244–535
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Lugano is to train and fly which costs SFr 240 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 12h 36m and costs SFr 380 - SFr 700.
The distance between Philadelphia and Lugano is 6654 km.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from Philadelphia to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 5h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 7:18 PM in Philadelphia and 12:18 AM in Lugano.
There are 6590+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Philadelphia to Lugano. However, you can take the train to Airport Terminal A, walk to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 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 Airport Terminal A, walk to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
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 Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–480
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
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 Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- 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 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- 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 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–430
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
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 Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–950
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
- Website
- lacompagnie.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
- 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/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- CHF 9–180
- Business Class
- CHF 45–210
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- CHF 8–180
- Business Class
- CHF 45–210
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–480
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- CHF 16–360
- First Class
- CHF 100–480
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
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