Chennai to George Town runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €240.86, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h 22m over 3,268 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €240.86, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
€240.86
- 170%Moves across the booking window
170%When it runs, leaving Chennai
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €650.91Thu24
- about €553.56Fri25
- about €502.23Sat26
- about €469.19Sun27
- about €439.69Mon28
- about €409.60Tue29
- about €367.12Wed30
- about €497.51Thu1
- about €430.25Fri2
- about €335.26Sat3
- about €375.38Sun4
- about €309.89Mon5
- about €309.89Tue6
- about €292.78Wed7
- about €298.68Thu8
- about €281.57Fri9
- about €288.65Sat10
- about €295.14Sun11
- about €240.86Mon12
- about €266.23Tue13
- about €270.95Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into George Town. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in George Town for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Chennai to George Town
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €240.8690 days
- €267.4160 days
- €299.2745 days
- €266.8230 days
- €270.9521 days
- €292.7814 days
- €367.127 days
- €502.233 days
- €650.911 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €240.86.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €650.91, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chennai to George Town and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,268 km
2,359 km as the crow flies, 39% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
4,681,087 → 158,336
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 3,268 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 Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
The fare from PEN into George Town is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in George Town
Settled in advance, so the ride into George Town costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Komtar station
Most of the points near Komtar station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chennai to George Town
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 it take to get from Chennai to George Town?
The fastest journey from Chennai to George Town takes 9h 22m door to door, of which 4h 38m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 1m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chennai to George Town?
The cheapest fare from Chennai to George Town is €240.86, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €406.06. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chennai to George Town?
The cheapest way from Chennai to George Town is by flight, at €240.86 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 24m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chennai to George Town?
Fares from Chennai to George Town bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €240.86. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 170 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chennai to George Town?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chennai to George Town, at €292.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chennai to George Town?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chennai to George Town, at €214.90 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chennai to George Town?
4 operators sell services from Chennai to George Town across 1 mode: AirAsia, IndiGo Airlines, Jetstar Asia Airways, Thai AirAsia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chennai to George Town?
0 percent of the services we sell from Chennai to George Town are direct. The rest connect at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, with about 82 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chennai to George Town use?
Services from Chennai to George Town by flight leave from Chennai International Airport MAA and arrive at Penang International Airport PEN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chennai to George Town?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Chennai to George Town allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chennai to George Town on 23 September 2026: 3268 km of route against 2359 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €240.86, and 9h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives George Town a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of George Town and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave George Town in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chennai reaches 254 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 15,074 km. George Town reaches 85 places in 16 countries, from 31 to 9,899 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chennai
- 254Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 41Operators
36
41Arriving in George Town
Leaving George Town
- 85Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 24Operators