There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to Lyon by plane or train
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Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PHL - LYS
12h 52m€438–768Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EWR - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
15h 2m€323–778Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane EWR - LYS
13h 42m€355–657Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane JFK - LYS
14h 37m€416–1,195Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PHL - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 2m€526–989Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane PHL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
12h 45m€502–1,112Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Geneva International 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 Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane JFK - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
15h 43m€324–1,116
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Lyon is to train and fly which costs €350 - €700 and takes 13h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Lyon is to fly and train which takes 12h 45m and costs €500 - €1200.
The distance between Philadelphia and Lyon is 6340 km.
It takes approximately 12h 52m to get from Philadelphia to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 6h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 6:14 AM in Philadelphia and 12:14 PM in Lyon.
There are 4070+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Lyon, France?
American Airlines, Air France, and four other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Saturday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–490
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Saturday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–490
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–350
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–350
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- 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
- €19–45
- 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
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- 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
- €18–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- €18–390
- First Class
- €110–550
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
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