George Town to Chennai flight

Flights from George Town to Chennai start at €249.12 and take 8h 56m at their fastest.

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The Flights from George Town to Chennai starts at €249.12 and takes 8h 56m door to door, run by 4 operators over 2,980 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 56mDoor to door
  • 4h 58mMoving
  • €280.98 to €714.04From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 683.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€280.98 to €714.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €714.04Thu24
  2. about €631.44Fri25
  3. about €480.40Sat26
  4. about €482.17Sun27
  5. about €406.06Mon28
  6. about €432.02Tue29
  7. about €398.39Wed30
  8. about €394.85Thu1
  9. about €394.85Fri2
  10. about €414.32Sat3
  11. about €351.19Sun4
  12. about €338.80Mon5
  13. about €314.02Tue6
  14. about €280.98Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€249.12
  1. Thai AirAsia TA436707:301h 42m08:12Penang International Airport PENSuvarnabhumi Airport BKK
  2. Thai AirAsia TA456109:553h 41m12:06Suvarnabhumi Airport BKKChennai International Airport MAA

Changes at Bangkok, with 103 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 16mCO2 670.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€272.72
  1. AirAsia AA163507:3051m08:21Penang International Airport PENKuala Lumpur International Airport KUL
  2. AirAsia AA585309:094h 7m10:46Kuala Lumpur International Airport KULChennai International Airport MAA

Changes at Kuala Lumpur, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 56mCO2 622.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

The flight gets you into Chennai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

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A room in Chennai for the night the flight gets in

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When to book George Town to Chennai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €300.4590 days
  2. €242.6360 days
  3. €279.8045 days
  4. €275.6730 days
  5. €274.4921 days
  6. €280.9814 days
  7. €398.397 days
  8. €480.403 days
  9. €714.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €242.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €714.04, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €351.19Sun
  2. €338.80Mon
  3. €314.02Tue
  4. €280.98Wed
  5. €394.85Thu
  6. €394.85Fri
  7. €414.32Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

George Town

Air
  • PEN

Chennai

Air
  • MAA
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,980 km against 2,359 km in a straight line, a detour of 39 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 George Town at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about George Town 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 George Town to Chennai take?

The Flight from George Town to Chennai takes 8h 56m door to door, of which 4h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 2,980 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 George Town to Chennai cost?

The Flight from George Town to Chennai starts at €249.12 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €272.72. 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 George Town to Chennai?

4 operators run the Flight from George Town to Chennai: AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Jetstar Asia Airways, IndiGo Airlines. Between them they file around 3 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 George Town to Chennai use?

The Flight from George Town to Chennai leaves from Penang International Airport PEN and arrives at Chennai International Airport 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 George Town to Chennai?

Fares for the Flight from George Town to Chennai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €242.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from George Town to Chennai produce?

The Flight from George Town to Chennai produces about 683.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2980 km, which works out at roughly 229 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for George Town to Chennai on 23 September 2026: 2980 km of route against 2359 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €249.12, and 8h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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