There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Shannon by plane, car, car ferry, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ZRH - SNN
6h 50m€93–394Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Dunkirkcar
- Take the carferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Shannoncar
35h 18m€603–841Train to Basel, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
8h 30m€133–381Fly Zurich Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
8h 43m€129–334Fly Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
8h 27m€97–256
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Shannon is to fly and bus which costs €95 - €260 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Shannon is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €90 - €400.
The distance between Zurich and Shannon is 1390 km.
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Zurich to Shannon, including transfers.
Shannon is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 1:02 AM in Zurich and 12:02 AM in Shannon.
There are 176+ hotels available in Shannon.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Shannon, IE-CE, Ireland?
Swiss, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- https://www.transportforireland.ie
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- [email protected]
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–600
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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