EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg is an international airport in the administrative commune of Saint-Louis in the French Alsace region, near the border triple point between France, Germany and Switzerland. Due to its location, it is a preferred port for private jet flights to 3 countries. It is located 3.5 km northwest of Basel in Switzerland, 20 km southeast of Mulhouse in France and 46 km south-southwest of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. The airport is jointly managed by France and Switzerland and is governed by an international agreement of 1949. The airport serves as a base for easyJet Switzerland, operating flights mainly to European metropolises and leisure destinations.
France private jet charter prices
Although Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Mulhouse are as follows.
| Light Jet | 15.000 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 20.100 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 27.350 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information.
Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport history
Plans for the construction of a joint Swiss-French airport began in the 1930s but were halted by the Second World War. Swiss planners identified Basel as one of four cities in which a main urban airport would be developed and realized that the existing airport at Sternenfeld in Birsfelden was too small and not suitable for expansion due to the development of adjacent river port facilities. The suburb of Allschwil was proposed for a new airport, which would have to be built along the Franco-Swiss border, leading to talks with the French authorities focused on developing a single airport to serve both countries and increase its international airport status.
In 1946, talks resumed and an agreement was reached to build an airport 4 km north of Blotzheim, France. France would provide the land and the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt would cover the construction costs. The Grand Council of Basel-Stadt agreed to pay for a temporary airport before an international agreement was signed. Construction began on March 8, 1946 and the temporary airport with a 1,200 m runway was officially opened on May 8.
Between autumn 1951 and spring 1953, the east-west runway was extended to 1,600 m and the “Zollfreistrasse” (duty-free road) was built, allowing access from Basel to the departure terminal without passing through French border controls.
The first expansion project was approved by a referendum in Basel in 1960 and the terminals and runways were continuously expanded over the following decades. The north-south runway was extended to 3,900 m in 1972. In 1984, a total annual passenger throughput of 1 million passengers was reached. In 1987 the trademark name EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg was introduced.
In December 1998, Swissair began serving Newark. Aircraft used on this route included Airbus A310s and A330s. The newspaper was probably referring to Swiss World Airways, which has expressed a desire to connect the two cities. Swiss law stipulates that once an airline based in the country launches a route, no other Swiss airline can add it to its network for ten years. Swissair also hoped that the flight would attract people working for pharmaceutical companies in Basel. Crossair, a subsidiary of Swissair, codeshared on the route. The airline operated a hub at EuroAirport, from where it flew to 40 regional destinations. As a result, passengers traveling between Newark and one of these cities could change planes in Basel.
Swissair announced in early 2000 that the Newark connection would end in March. At this point Swiss World Airways had closed. It was decided to re-expand the terminals with a new “Y-finger” dock and the first phase was completed in 2002 and the second phase in 2005.
Crossair was the largest airline at Basel airport. Following the liquidation of Swissair in 2001, the subsequent termination of services in early 2002 and the transformation of Crossair into Swiss International Air Lines, the number of flights from Basel dropped and the new terminal was initially underutilized. In 2004, low-cost airline easyJet opened a base in Basel and passenger numbers increased again, reaching 4 million in 2006.
From 2007 to 2009 Ryanair also flew to the airport for the first time. However, following a dispute over landing fees, the airline closed all eight routes. Recently, Ryanair announced that it will return with the resumption of the Basel-Dublin route in April 2014 and the short-lived revival of the Basel – London-Stansted route. Ryanair added the Basel-Zagreb route in December 2021. In May 2008, Air Transat began seasonal service to Montreal, Canada.
In December 2014, Swiss International Air Lines announced that it would cease all operations in Basel as of May 31, 2015 due to intense competition from low-cost carriers. Swiss faced direct competition on five of the six Basel routes, all operated by Swiss Global Air Lines. The Lufthansa Group announced that Eurowings would establish its first base outside Germany at EuroAirport. However, these plans were later canceled in favor of Vienna International Airport.
In January 2017, it was announced that Basel/Mulhouse had been removed from the route networks of Air Berlin and its Swiss subsidiary Belair.
What to see in Mulhouse
Located in the Alsace region of France, Mulhouse is the second largest city in the region after Strasbourg, close to the border with Switzerland and Germany. Famous for its museums, the city has one of the youngest populations in the country.
Among the places to visit in the city; Hôtel de Ville, a 16th century building built in the Rhenish Renaissance style, Cité de l’Automobile (Musée national de l’automobile), one of the largest automobile museums in the world, Musée Français du Chemin de Fer (Cité du train), the railway museum, the 19th. The Workers’ Quarter, which was created in the mid-19th century and inspired the workers’ quarters in many industrial cities, the Saint-Steffen Calvinist Temple built by Jean-Baptiste Schacre between 1859 and 1869, and the Electricity Museum (Electropolis), which exhibits electronics from the past.
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg transportation details
Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport has many transportation options due to its location. There are options such as train, bus, taxi, private car rental to reach different points from the port. Line 108 is used for transportation to Mulhouse center. Line 50 is used for train access. The direct bus ride to the city center takes approximately 30 minutes, while the train transfer takes 50 minutes.
Taxis outside the port take approximately 20 minutes to reach the city center. There are also offices of many car rental companies in the port.
