Cheapest€242.63
- Etihad Airways EA753814:504h 40m19:30Abu Dhabi AUHChennai MAA
Door to door 7h 50mCO2 456.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Abu Dhabi to Chennai flight
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Chennai start at €316.38 and take 7h 31m at their fastest.
The Flights from Abu Dhabi to Chennai starts at €316.38 and takes 7h 31m door to door, run by 3 operators over 3,086 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 31mDoor to door
- 4h 21mMoving
- €316.38From
- 456.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€334.08
- IndiGo Airlines IG252106:354h 21m10:56Abu Dhabi AUHChennai MAA
Door to door 7h 31mCO2 456.7 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Air Arabia Abu Dhabi | €244.40 | 7h 27m |
 IndiGo Airlines | €244.99 | 7h 27m |
 Etihad Airways | €242.63 | 7h 28m |
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When to book Abu Dhabi to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €289.2490 days
- €194.8460 days
- €208.4145 days
- €193.3930 days
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- €555.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €193.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €555.33, 1 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.
- €370.66Sun
- €316.38Mon
- €329.36Tue
- €312.19Wed
- €421.99Thu
- €367.12Fri
- €329.36Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Abu Dhabi
Air
- AUH
- AZI
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,086 km against 2,996 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mumbai, Muscat, Bengaluru, Dubai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Abu Dhabi at 06:14 and the last at 18:37, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Abu Dhabi to Chennai
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai take?
The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai takes 7h 31m door to door, of which 4h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 3,086 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai cost?
The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai starts at €316.38 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €291.01. 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai?
3 operators run the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai: Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, IndiGo Airlines, Etihad Airways. Between them they file around 15 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai use?
The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai leaves from Abu Dhabi AUH 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai?
Fares for the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €193.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai produce?
The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai produces about 456.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3086 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 modeled 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 Abu Dhabi to Chennai on September 12, 2026: 3086 km of route against 2996 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €316.38, and 7h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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