Cheapest€62.68
- Spicejet S935917:311h 24m18:55Chennai MAAColombo CMB
Door to door 4h 34mCO2 173.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Chennai to Colombo flight
Flights from Chennai to Colombo start at €73.89 and take 4h 28m at their fastest.
The Flights from Chennai to Colombo 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 September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€71.53
- Astair A364219:321h 18m20:50Chennai MAAColombo CMB
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 |
The trip ends at Fort Railway Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Colombo
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When to book Chennai to Colombo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.2790 days
- €49.7060 days
- €58.5545 days
- €62.6830 days
- €75.0721 days
- €95.1314 days
- €121.097 days
- €129.943 days
- €150.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.70.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 203 percent. The most expensive point is €150.59, 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
- €91.00Fri
- €92.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chennai
Air
- MAA
Colombo
Air
- CMB
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 Chennai 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 Chennai to Colombo
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 Colombo take?
The Flight from Chennai to Colombo 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 Chennai to Colombo cost?
The Flight from Chennai to Colombo starts at €73.89 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 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 Chennai to Colombo?
5 operators run the Flight from Chennai to Colombo: 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 Chennai to Colombo use?
The Flight from Chennai to Colombo leaves from Chennai MAA and arrives at Colombo CMB. 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 Colombo?
Fares for the Flight from Chennai to Colombo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.70. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 203 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Chennai to Colombo produce?
The Flight from Chennai to Colombo produces about 173.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 706 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
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 Chennai to Colombo on September 10, 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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CMB is not in Colombo, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from CMB into Colombo?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Colombo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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