Kolkata to Chennai flight

Flights from Kolkata to Chennai start at €134.07 and take 5h 20m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Kolkata to Chennai starts at €134.07 and takes 5h 20m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,397 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 20mDoor to door
  • 2h 10mMoving
  • €134.07From
  • 343.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€114.01
  1. Air India Express AI477214:312h 15m16:46Kolkata CCUChennai MAA

Door to door 5h 25mCO2 343.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€141.15
  1. IndiGo Airlines IG387114:192h 10m16:29Kolkata CCUChennai MAA

Door to door 5h 20mCO2 343.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€229.06
  1. IndiGo Airlines IG104707:301h 58m09:28Kolkata CCUHyderabad HYD
  2. South Central Railway SC967510:313h 34m14:05Hyderabad Deccan railway stationChennai Fort railway station

Changes at Hyderabad, with 63 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 32mCO2 317.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
IndiGo Airlines€121.09
Air India Express€114.01
Spicejet€115.78

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Booking window

When to book Kolkata to Chennai

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

  1. €134.6690 days
  2. €95.1360 days
  3. €96.3145 days
  4. €94.5430 days
  5. €142.3321 days
  6. €175.9614 days
  7. €211.367 days
  8. €204.873 days
  9. €279.211 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €94.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €279.21, 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.
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. €160.62Sun
  2. €139.38Mon
  3. €134.07Tue
  4. €144.10Wed
  5. €185.40Thu
  6. €167.11Fri
  7. €175.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kolkata

Air
  • CCU

Chennai

Air
  • MAA
The journey

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
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,397 km against 1,356 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 Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Durgapur, Ranchi. 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 Kolkata at 06:35 and the last at 20:05, across 20 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kolkata 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 Kolkata to Chennai take?

The Flight from Kolkata to Chennai takes 5h 20m door to door, of which 2h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 1,397 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 Kolkata to Chennai cost?

The Flight from Kolkata to Chennai starts at €134.07 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €142.63. 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 Kolkata to Chennai?

3 operators run the Flight from Kolkata to Chennai: IndiGo Airlines, Air India Express, Spicejet. Between them they file around 20 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 Kolkata to Chennai use?

The Flight from Kolkata to Chennai leaves from Kolkata CCU 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 Kolkata to Chennai?

Fares for the Flight from Kolkata to Chennai bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €94.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Kolkata to Chennai produce?

The Flight from Kolkata to Chennai produces about 343.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1397 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kolkata to Chennai on September 12, 2026: 1397 km of route against 1356 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €134.07, and 5h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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