There are 7 ways to get from Tokyo to Lugano by plane or train
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HND - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
19h 59mCHF 337–1,111Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NRT - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
22h 3mCHF 378–884Fly Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane HND - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
22h 12mCHF 428–1,524Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NRT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
19h 56mCHF 481–1,107Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane NRT - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
22h 36mCHF 419–647Fly Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane HND - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
22h 32mCHF 431–696Fly Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
24h 37mCHF 400–1,466
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 330 - SFr 1200 and takes 19h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Lugano is to train and fly which takes 19h 56m and costs SFr 480 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Tokyo and Lugano is 9840 km.
It takes approximately 19h 59m to get from Tokyo to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 8h behind Tokyo. It is currently 12:55 AM in Tokyo and 4:55 PM in Lugano.
There are 6581+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Tokyo to Lugano. However, you can take the train to Hamamatsuchō, walk to Monorail Hamamatsuchō, take the train to Haneda Airport Terminal 1, walk to Tokyo International Airport (HND) 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 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, walk to Narita International Airport (NRT) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–3,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–650
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–3,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–3,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–900
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–3,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–2,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–3,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–2,700
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
- 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/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–28
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- CHF 21–28
- Ordinary Car
- CHF 13–17
- 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
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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