There are 7 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Swiss Alps by plane, train, bus, or subway
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Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PIT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Airolotrain
18h 17mFly Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PIT - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Airolotrain
19h 41mCHF 285–700Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL)plane PIT - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Airolotrain
18h 51mBus to Morgantown Municipal Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Greyhound to Westover Terminalbus
- Fly from Morgantown Municipal Airport (MGW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MGW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Airolotrain
26h 50mFly Pittsburgh International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PIT - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Airolotrain
20h 27mCHF 354–832Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Airolotrain
22h 56mTrain to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PHL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Airolotrain
23h 34mCHF 435–808
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pittsburgh to Swiss Alps is to fly and train which costs SFr 350 - SFr 850 and takes 20h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Swiss Alps is to fly and train which takes 19h 41m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 700.
The distance between Pittsburgh and Swiss Alps is 6937 km.
It takes approximately 18h 17m to get from Pittsburgh to Swiss Alps, including transfers.
There are 450+ hotels available in Swiss Alps.
What companies run services between Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Swiss Alps, Canton Ticino, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Pittsburgh to Swiss Alps. However, you can take the bus to Pittsburgh International Airport, walk to Pittsburgh-Airport-PIT airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Airolo, walk to Airolo, Stazione, then take the line 110 bus to Gotthard Passhöhe. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Pittsburgh International Airport, walk to Pittsburgh-Airport-PIT airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, take the train to Bellinzona, take the train to Airolo, walk to Airolo, Stazione, then take the line 110 bus to Gotthard Passhöhe.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–460
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Bellinzona to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 25–35
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–7
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- CHF 1–2
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- CHF 4–7
- Phone
- +1 304-291-7433
- Website
- busride.org
Bus from Pittsburgh Greyhound to Westover Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–23
- Website
- https://www.busride.org
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