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 41mCHF 384–1,175Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PHL - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
15h 4mCHF 185–615Fly 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 38mCHF 369–921Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- 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 22mCHF 223–782Train 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
13h 52mCHF 215–1,097Train 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 24mCHF 211–628
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 210 - SFr 650 and takes 13h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 12h 38m and costs SFr 360 - SFr 950.
The distance between Philadelphia and Lugano is 6654 km.
It takes approximately 12h 41m to get from Philadelphia to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 6h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 1:15 AM in Philadelphia and 7:15 AM in Lugano.
There are 5809+ 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- 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 170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- 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 210–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–470
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
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
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–440
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- 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 210–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
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
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–440
- 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 140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
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 150–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- 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 140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
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 150–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–950
- 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 140–600
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–550
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- 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 160–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- 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/
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 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- CHF 10–180
- Business Class
- CHF 45–220
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- CHF 14–23
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- CHF 8–55
- Business - advance purchase
- CHF 11–75
- Business Class
- CHF 18–140
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–200
- 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
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