Lyon to Zurich flight
Flights from Lyon to Zurich start at €42.03 and take 4h 1m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Lyon to Zurich starts at €42.03 and takes 4h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 345 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 1mDoor to door
- 51mMoving
- €42.03 to €67.40From
- 06:36 to 16:49First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 84.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€42.03 to €67.40 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €66.22Mon14
- about €59.14Tue15
- about €61.50Wed16
- about €67.40Thu17
- about €57.96Fri18
- about €59.14Sat19
- about €59.73Sun20
- about €42.03Mon21
- about €42.62Tue22
- about €49.70Wed23
- about €53.24Thu24
- about €55.01Fri25
- about €49.11Sat26
- about €56.78Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Swiss International Air Lines | €36.13 |
 Twin Jet | €36.72 |
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When to book Lyon to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.5390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €14.4830 days
- €18.8821 days
- €25.4814 days
- €27.687 days
- €35.383 days
- €34.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 144 percent. The dearest point is €35.38, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €25.48Sun
- €19.98Mon
- €19.43Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €31.53Thu
- €24.93Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Lyon
- LYS
Zürich
- ZRH
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 345 km against 335 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Freiburg, Circoiscrizione III, Circoiscrizione V, Geneva. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lyon at 06:36 and the last at 16:49, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 5m | 2h 21m | 44m | €47.09 | 11.1 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €42.03 | 84.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 5h 10m | 4h 26m | 44m | €19.43 | 9.0 kg | 8 |
Questions about Lyon to Zurich
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Lyon to Zurich take?
The Flight from Lyon to Zurich takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 51m is spent moving. The route runs 345 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Lyon to Zurich cost?
The Flight from Lyon to Zurich starts at €42.03 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €37.31. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Lyon to Zurich?
2 operators run the Flight from Lyon to Zurich: Swiss International Air Lines, Twin Jet. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Lyon to Zurich use?
The Flight from Lyon to Zurich leaves from Lyon LYS and arrives at Zürich ZRH. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Lyon to Zurich?
Travelling from Lyon to Zurich by Coach costs €19.43 and takes 5h 10m door to door, against 4h 1m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Lyon to Zurich?
Fares for the Flight from Lyon to Zurich bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Lyon to Zurich produce?
The Flight from Lyon to Zurich produces about 84.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 345 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lyon to Zurich on 13 September 2026: 345 km of route against 335 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €42.03, and 4h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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