Cheapest€85.69
- SriLankan Airlines SL873906:071h 31m07:38Chennai MAAAmbalantota HRI
Door to door 4h 41mCO2 197.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Chennai to Ambalantota flight
Flights from Chennai to Ambalantota start at €98.08 and take 4h 41m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Chennai to Ambalantota starts at €98.08 and takes 4h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 802 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 31mMoving
- €98.08 to €184.81From
- 06:07 to 07:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 197.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€98.08 to €184.81 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €184.81Mon14
- about €153.54Tue15
- about €168.88Wed16
- about €144.69Thu17
- about €138.79Fri18
- about €138.79Sat19
- about €132.89Sun20
- about €102.21Mon21
- about €98.08Tue22
- about €114.60Wed23
- about €133.48Thu24
- about €109.29Fri25
- about €114.60Sat26
- about €105.75Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SriLankan Airlines | €85.69 | 4h 36m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Chennai to Ambalantota
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €92.7790 days
- €94.5460 days
- €61.5045 days
- €65.6330 days
- €98.0821 days
- €105.7514 days
- €132.897 days
- €168.883 days
- €184.811 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €61.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €184.81, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €105.75Sun
- €102.21Mon
- €98.08Tue
- €114.60Wed
- €133.48Thu
- €109.29Fri
- €114.60Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Chennai
Air
- MAA
Ambalantota
Air
- HRI
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 802 km against 779 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 Colombo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Chennai at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Chennai to Ambalantota
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 Chennai to Ambalantota take?
The Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 802 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 Chennai to Ambalantota cost?
The Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota starts at €98.08 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €98.97. 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 Chennai to Ambalantota?
1 operators run the Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota: SriLankan Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 Chennai to Ambalantota use?
The Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota leaves from Chennai MAA and arrives at Ambalantota HRI. 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 Chennai to Ambalantota?
Fares for the Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €61.50. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota produce?
The Flight from Chennai to Ambalantota produces about 197.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 802 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chennai to Ambalantota on September 13, 2026: 802 km of route against 779 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €98.08, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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