Cheapest€62.68
- Spicejet S853817:311h 26m18:57Colombo CMBChennai MAA
Door to door 4h 36mCO2 173.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Colombo to Chennai flight
Flights from Colombo to Chennai start at €73.89 and take 4h 28m at their fastest.
The Flights from Colombo to Chennai starts at €73.89 and takes 4h 28m door to door, run by 5 operators over 706 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 28mDoor to door
- 1h 18mMoving
- €73.89From
- 173.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€75.66
- IndiGo Airlines IG917514:191h 18m15:37Colombo CMBChennai MAA
Door to door 4h 28mCO2 173.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 IndiGo Airlines | €65.63 |
| Astair | €63.27 |
 Air India Limited | €65.63 |
| Spicejet | €62.68 |
| SriLankan Airlines | €65.63 |
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When to book Colombo to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €72.1290 days
- €50.8860 days
- €51.4745 days
- €52.0630 days
- €71.5321 days
- €77.4314 days
- €92.187 days
- €88.643 days
- €129.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €129.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €85.10Sun
- €75.07Mon
- €73.89Tue
- €77.43Wed
- €95.13Thu
- €89.82Fri
- €77.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Colombo
Air
- CMB
Chennai
Air
- MAA
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 706 km against 686 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Colombo at 06:11 and the last at 20:05, across 30 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Colombo to Chennai
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 Colombo to Chennai take?
The Flight from Colombo to Chennai takes 4h 28m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 706 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 Colombo to Chennai cost?
The Flight from Colombo to Chennai starts at €73.89 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €73.89. 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 Colombo to Chennai?
5 operators run the Flight from Colombo to Chennai: IndiGo Airlines, Astair, Air India Limited, Spicejet, SriLankan Airlines. Between them they file around 30 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 Colombo to Chennai use?
The Flight from Colombo to Chennai leaves from Colombo CMB and arrives at Chennai MAA. 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.
When should I book the Flight from Colombo to Chennai?
Fares for the Flight from Colombo to Chennai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Colombo to Chennai produce?
The Flight from Colombo to Chennai produces about 173.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 706 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Colombo to Chennai on 12 September 2026: 706 km of route against 686 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €73.89, and 4h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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