There are 5 ways to get from New Orleans to Basel by plane or train
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Fly Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Basel (BSL)plane MSY - BSL
16h 32mCHF 484–756Train to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Gulfport Amtrak Statrain
- Fly from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport (GPT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GPT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
18h 44mCHF 410–1,349Fly Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MSY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 30mCHF 423–1,302Fly Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MSY - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
20h 23mCHF 466–1,437Fly Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MSY - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 11mCHF 414–1,647
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New Orleans to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 480 - SFr 800 and takes 16h 32m.
The fastest way to get from New Orleans to Basel is to fly and train which takes 16h 30m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 1300.
The distance between New Orleans and Basel is 8160 km.
It takes approximately 16h 32m to get from New Orleans to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of New Orleans. It is currently 1:15 PM in New Orleans and 8:15 PM in Basel.
There are 1339+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between New Orleans, LA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Delta, and Air France fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,300
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Atlanta, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Charlotte, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–750
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Atlanta, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Charlotte, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Charlotte, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Charlotte, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,200
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–2,000
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Gulfport Amtrak Sta
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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