There are 5 ways to get from Switzerland to Colombo by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
12h 26mRs 140,230–915,883Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BGY - CMB
16h 15mRs 121,048–281,112Fly from Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane GVA - CMB
15h 30mRs 159,343–563,378Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MXP - CMB
15h 50mRs 130,859–1,213,872Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BSL - CMB
17h 48mRs 189,811–512,660
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 130000 - Rs. 1300000 and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Colombo is to fly which takes 12h 26m and costs Rs. 140000 - Rs. 950000.
The distance between Switzerland and Colombo is 8065 km.
It takes approximately 12h 26m to get from Switzerland to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 3h 30m ahead of Switzerland. It is currently 5:26 PM in Switzerland and 8:56 PM in Colombo.
There are 1469+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Edelweiss Air, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–550,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–470,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–370,000
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 180,000–500,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–360,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–450,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–320,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–390,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–450,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–410,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–320,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–330,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–180,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–140,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 150,000–550,000
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–650,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–350,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–390,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 180,000–500,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–360,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–230,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–600,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–440,000
- Website
- salamair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–380,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–31,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Bus operators
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,900–9,500
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
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- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,700–3,000
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
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