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 46mCHF 407–759Train 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 26mCHF 283–695Fly 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 360–1,882Train 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 11mCHF 302–931Fly 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 38mCHF 448–1,122Train 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 34mCHF 306–768
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 300 - SFr 800 and takes 13h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 12h 45m and costs SFr 360 - SFr 1900.
The distance between Philadelphia and Lugano is 6654 km.
It takes approximately 12h 46m to get from Philadelphia to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 6h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 9:04 AM in Philadelphia and 3:04 PM in Lugano.
There are 7020+ 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
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
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 170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
- Website
- lacompagnie.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–460
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- 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 Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- 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 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–470
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- CHF 16–360
- First Class
- CHF 100–470
- 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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