There are 6 ways to get from Charlotte to Lausanne 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 to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CLT - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
14h 11mCHF 284–1,042Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CLT - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Domodossola to Lausannetrain
18h 32mCHF 270–960Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Basel (BSL)plane CLT - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
16h 22mCHF 343–1,203Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CLT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
15h 53mCHF 327–1,082Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CLT - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Lausannetrain
17h 51mCHF 353–1,197Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CLT - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
17h 24mCHF 312–1,072
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Charlotte to Lausanne is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 270 - SFr 1000 and takes 18h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Charlotte to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 14h 11m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Charlotte and Lausanne is 7145 km.
It takes approximately 14h 11m to get from Charlotte to Lausanne, including transfers.
Lausanne is 5h ahead of Charlotte. It is currently 5:39 AM in Charlotte and 10:39 AM in Lausanne.
There are 1247+ hotels available in Lausanne.
What companies run services between Charlotte, NC, USA and Lausanne, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Charlotte to Lausanne. However, you can take the line 5 bus to Charlotte Douglas Airport, walk to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Genève-Aéroport, then take the train to Lausanne. Alternatively, you can take the line 5 bus to Charlotte Douglas Airport, walk to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Lausanne.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Friday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Friday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Domodossola to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Domodossola to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
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