Colombo to Vientiane flight

Flights from Colombo to Vientiane start at €253.25 and take 9h 6m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Colombo to Vientiane starts at €253.25 and takes 9h 6m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,988 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 9h 6mDoor to door
  • 4h 57mMoving
  • €277.44 to €904.61From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 624.5 kgCO2

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

€277.44 to €904.61 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 €904.61Thu24
  2. about €712.27Fri25
  3. about €724.66Sat26
  4. about €417.86Sun27
  5. about €353.55Mon28
  6. about €391.90Tue29
  7. about €443.82Wed30
  8. about €487.48Thu1
  9. about €346.47Fri2
  10. about €431.43Sat3
  11. about €388.95Sun4
  12. about €375.97Mon5
  13. about €277.44Tue6
  14. about €295.73Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€253.25
  1. Cathay Pacific CP615107:303h 52m12:52Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport CMBSuvarnabhumi Airport BKK
  2. Thai AirAsia TA501613:511h 5m14:56Suvarnabhumi Airport BKKWattay International Airport VTE

Changes at Bangkok, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 6mCO2 624.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

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

A hotel room

A room in Vientiane for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Colombo to Vientiane

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

  1. €308.1290 days
  2. €266.8260 days
  3. €311.0745 days
  4. €332.3130 days
  5. €285.7021 days
  6. €295.7314 days
  7. €443.827 days
  8. €724.663 days
  9. €904.611 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €266.82.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €904.61, 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. €388.95Sun
  2. €353.55Mon
  3. €277.44Tue
  4. €295.73Wed
  5. €487.48Thu
  6. €346.47Fri
  7. €431.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Colombo

Air
  • CMB

Vientiane

Air
  • VTE
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 2,988 km against 2,753 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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 Colombo at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Colombo to Vientiane

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 Colombo to Vientiane take?

The Flight from Colombo to Vientiane takes 9h 6m door to door, of which 4h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 2,988 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 Colombo to Vientiane cost?

The Flight from Colombo to Vientiane starts at €253.25 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €253.25. 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 Colombo to Vientiane?

2 operators run the Flight from Colombo to Vientiane: Cathay Pacific, Thai AirAsia. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Colombo to Vientiane use?

The Flight from Colombo to Vientiane leaves from Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport CMB and arrives at Wattay International Airport VTE. 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 Colombo to Vientiane?

Fares for the Flight from Colombo to Vientiane bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €266.82. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Colombo to Vientiane produce?

The Flight from Colombo to Vientiane produces about 624.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2988 km, which works out at roughly 209 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 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Colombo to Vientiane on September 23, 2026: 2988 km of route against 2753 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €253.25, and 9h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The fare from VTE into Vientiane is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Vientiane

Settled in advance, so the ride into Vientiane costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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