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Everything you should know

Cheapest return fare
$1,541
Overall average: $1,531
IndiGo
Mon 9/2Mon 16/2
AKL - MAA • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
$853
Typical prices: $721-$979
Multiple Airlines
Tue 10/2
AKL - MAA • 2 stops
When to travel
February
Cheapest • 15% price drop
December
Most popular
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Cheap Flights to Chennai

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Chennai that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals to Chennai

Mon, 9 Feb - Mon, 16 Feb
IndiGo Logo
20:45 - 05:55
AKL
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MAA
40h 40m2 stops
IndiGo Logo
06:55 - 05:30
MAA
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AKL
39h 05m2 stops
$1,541IndiGo
Mon, 2 Mar - Mon, 23 Mar
Qantas Airways Logo
06:45 - 22:30
AKL
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MAA
23h 15m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
13:15 - 23:00
MAA
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AKL
26h 15m2 stops
$1,592Qantas Airways
Mon, 2 Mar - Mon, 23 Mar
Qantas Airways Logo
06:45 - 22:30
AKL
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MAA
23h 15m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
13:15 - 23:00
MAA
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AKL
26h 15m2 stops
$1,594Qantas Airways
Tue, 10 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:45 - 15:45
AKL
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MAA
34h 30m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
21:30 - 05:05
MAA
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AKL
24h 05m3 stops
$1,601Multiple Airlines
Thu, 15 Jan - Mon, 16 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:45 - 07:25
AKL
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MAA
42h 10m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
23:55 - 14:10
MAA
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AKL
30h 45m3 stops
$1,603Multiple Airlines
Tue, 10 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:45 - 10:30
AKL
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MAA
29h 15m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
21:30 - 05:05
MAA
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AKL
24h 05m3 stops
$1,615Multiple Airlines
Thu, 15 Jan - Mon, 16 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:45 - 07:25
AKL
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MAA
42h 10m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:05 - 22:25
MAA
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AKL
30h 50m2 stops
$1,625Multiple Airlines
Tue, 20 Jan - Sun, 22 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
07:35 - 08:40
AKL
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MAA
32h 35m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:55 - 00:05
MAA
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AKL
19h 40m2 stops
$1,659Multiple Airlines
Thu, 15 Jan - Mon, 16 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
06:15 - 01:25
AKL
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MAA
26h 40m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:05 - 22:25
MAA
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AKL
30h 50m2 stops
$1,668Multiple Airlines
Thu, 5 Feb - Thu, 19 Feb
SriLankan Airlines Logo
13:25 - 08:40
AKL
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MAA
26h 45m2 stops
SriLankan Airlines Logo
20:55 - 00:05
MAA
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AKL
19h 40m2 stops
$1,683SriLankan Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Chennai

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Chennai to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Chennai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Chennai is February, where tickets cost $1,531 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $2,364 and $2,195 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $1,531.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Chennai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 30 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Chennai Plane Tickets

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$853
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (29% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights to Chennai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Chennai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Chennai based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Chennai flights

  • How far is Chennai Airport from central Chennai?

    There are 16 km between Chennai city centre and Chennai Airport.

  • What is the name of Chennai’s airport?

    Chennai is served by Chennai Airport, also commonly referred to as Chennai or Chennai Intl. The airport code is MAA.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Chennai?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chennai is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as $1,801. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are $2,104 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Chennai?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Chennai.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Chennai?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chennai is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Chennai?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Chennai with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Chennai?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Chennai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Chennai?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Chennai is generally in the morning, when flights cost $1,888 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chennai is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,115.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Chennai

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Prefer to fly direct to Chennai?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop to Chennai.
Find which airlines fly direct to Chennai Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

New Zealand to Chennai

Monday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +38 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +39 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +40 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +41 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +42 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +40 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 more

Friday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +38 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +39 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +41 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +42 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +42 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +43 more

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Direct returns

Chennai to New Zealand

Monday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +38 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +39 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +40 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +41 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +42 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +40 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 more

Friday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +38 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +39 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +41 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +42 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +42 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +43 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Chennai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Chennai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to Chennai. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Chennai? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1421 reviews
8.3Boarding
7.8Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
Airline reviews

The crew was very courteous and professional. the flight is relatively clean and comfortable.

10.0 ExcellentSyafiqah, Dec 2025
DPS - SIN
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The crew was very courteous and professional. the flight is relatively clean and comfortable.

Best service airline. The cabin crew is attentive and friendly. Inflight entertainment system is good

I was in a middle seat where I felt a bit too cramped otherwise the trip was good

Crew and service excellent. 2 hour delay for takeoff. SQ app showed flight on time.

Headwind delayed our flight which wasn’t the airlines fault

The food wasn’t good at all. I skipped meals .

Food from Surabaya was below average but from Singapore is much better

Good service and food. For buying items on flight should be preordered as they don’t keep much stock on board.

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

Entertainment screen froze and had to be reset. Noticed it happened to other passengers as well.

The food was not as good as Air New Zealand. The veg pasta was pass-able but the veg cibotta sandwich was dry, hard and not up to par. The coach staff were attentive and accommodating.

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Good and appreciate the effort Air Zealand puts into using more environmentally friendly food containers and utensils. yay! One of the better airlines for this for sure. Still some bad stuff, but at least Air NZ is trying. :) Also really enjoyed the bluetooth option for personal headsets. :)

They are my favourite airline in the world by a million miles.

Do the bumpy weather the whole trip they were very few times when the seatbelt sign wasn't on

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Kayak did not propagate my United miles account and I had to manually get credit.

Nice friendly staff and crew. Love the 787 flight. Get meals and lots of drinks!

Flight was 2.5 hours late leaving. We spent 50 minutes of that sitting on the plane with no explanation. They did reduce the time in the air so we arrived a little less late which was something. The cheese and crackers were okay but the wine was terrible.

Couldn't access entertainment on app as said in an email

After already paying for excess luggage prior to flight, i was advised AT check in that i had to pay $816 or forfeit my flight! The lady at the counter was SO rude and had already started offboarding me when i said i would pay it after asking her three times for the exact amount! Have lodged a formal complaint yet heard nothing. Will not ever travel via Qantas again

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Surprised that the safety briefing was only conducted in Malay language and no English despite there are foreigners on board. MH should take safety more seriously.

Flights were delayed, Food was good but only 1 meal instead of 2.

Food was good but only 1 meal and 1 pie, instead of 2 meals. Both legs were late.

We are row 11, when the crew came to us, only one meal choice was available.

OK seats comfortable, easy boarding/embarking, excellent connection to domestic Malaysia flight with baggage checked through without customs. Catering especially drinks borderline ok luckily less important aspect

Comfortable seats in economy, managed a few hours sleep in an o night flight but the food was terrible. Surprising as Malaysia airlines has been good in the past. Service was mediocre this time too.

Vast improvement needed in customer service. I couldn’t get the drink of my choice during both meals (i.e. sparking water and Diet Coke). I had used plastic cups falling onto me from the tray. No eye contact when they thank you on the way out signalling an insincere thank you.

Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

The flight isn’t great, as the plane has faulty with light and noise. It blinks and make noise for 8hrs non stop! Causing health and sensory issues! Causing Hazard matter to all 3 babies that on bassinet seats. This matters affected 12 passengers and the most horrible flight I ever experience. Have been flying with MAS for more 30yrs and this is the worst! Very disappointed

AC not working, just slowly blowing room temperature air. Long taxi time does not help as well. Sweating all over the whole trip.

From the checking, ground handlimg was very poor.seems new personal on duty,people qho suppose to be teaching them didnt see around.new people may mislead passenger, as of flt info boards, not give proper info.even informatiin counter people dont get uptodate info.makin big ques, totally disaster.guests were not happy about it.even boarding to aircraft some BC class pax sent to aft staircase, some aft pasx sent to front door.poor ground handling.may need to improove.

Nice crew.flight delay fromBKK for some ground prep issue I guess, crew serve well to guest, and respect to guest as well. As usual AC is old,and nt much comert in compare to other rehional airliners.other than that.all good

All good, on time, depart.only bad side was, airxraft is too old to be in business.hope ailine will manage somethinv somewhat.all good

Flight was on time.food is as usual good.Aircraft is old.old A320, seats aithout any display.crew serve well

Was good, comparatively. A330, with good crew set.on time depature. And crew try there best, to make thing efficient.

Spesific ,Crew and cabin manager, look after all pax on board despite being in a old A320 equipment.Got free seat upgrade as well,but old style seats, no much comfert on it.But food and the spesific crew, was amazing.maintain airlanka standerd.the cabin manager, who was so much keen,keen operate as per SOP.

Was got free upgrade, on old A320.aircraft is out dated kind of.bt service ,cabin manager, tried there best.and food was excelent.

When flying from Indian Sector, should be more prepared with Indian food

KAYAK Real time status update is not accurate.the flight inbound rejected and go around.and came back and land. Delay abt 30 min.still shows ontime.track ur self if u wana real time.and cabin crew s are nicer. Aircraft is jst ok.old airplane.and in midflight ,seems have some compressor issue.airconditioning was nt work properly either.I could litarary see guests were cheking if AC is working.bt on landing it start to gv cool.which probably some one intentionaly kept .which was so bad.even breathing was bit difficult.otjer than that.for me all ok.

This leg of the trip was smoother than compared to the initial trip. Sri Lankan Airlines still have much work to do to improve the overall travel experience.

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