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AED 334 Find Cheap Flights to Chennai

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Cheapest return fare
AED 768
Typical prices: AED 795-AED 1,236
Multiple Airlines
Fri 20/2Thu 19/3
AUH - MAA • Direct
Cheapest one-way flight
AED 334
Typical prices: AED 367-AED 639
Etihad Airways
Mon 23/3
AUH - MAA • Direct
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Etihad Airways
Most flights • 21 per week
Emirates
Best reviews • 8.1 score
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AUH-MAA
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DXB-MAA
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September
Cheapest • 26% price drop
June
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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

Fri, 20 Feb - Thu, 19 Mar
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08:50 - 14:40
AUH
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MAA
4h 20mdirect
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00:35 - 03:30
MAA
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AUH
4h 25mdirect
AED 768Multiple Airlines
Mon, 2 Feb - Mon, 9 Feb
Etihad Airways Logo
08:50 - 14:40
AUH
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MAA
4h 20mdirect
Etihad Airways Logo
16:10 - 18:50
MAA
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AUH
4h 10mdirect
AED 771Etihad Airways
Tue, 17 Feb - Wed, 25 Feb
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02:30 - 08:10
AUH
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MAA
4h 10mdirect
Etihad Airways Logo
16:10 - 18:50
MAA
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AUH
4h 10mdirect
AED 775Etihad Airways
Thu, 19 Feb - Thu, 26 Feb
Gulf Air Logo
12:00 - 04:45
AUH
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MAA
15h 15m1 stop
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05:35 - 23:10
MAA
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AUH
19h 05m1 stop
AED 790Gulf Air
Thu, 19 Feb - Fri, 20 Mar
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12:00 - 04:45
AUH
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MAA
15h 15m1 stop
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05:35 - 18:50
MAA
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AUH
14h 45m1 stop
AED 801Gulf Air
Sat, 7 Mar - Sat, 14 Mar
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20:50 - 03:20
DXB
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MAA
5h 00mdirect
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06:20 - 09:15
MAA
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DXB
4h 25mdirect
AED 859IndiGo
Fri, 13 Feb - Fri, 27 Feb
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20:50 - 02:20
DXB
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MAA
4h 00mdirect
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06:20 - 09:15
MAA
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DXB
4h 25mdirect
AED 867IndiGo
Sun, 8 Mar - Wed, 11 Mar
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21:40 - 03:05
SHJ
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MAA
3h 55mdirect
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03:45 - 06:35
MAA
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SHJ
4h 20mdirect
AED 903Air Arabia
Thu, 12 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
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19:00 - 03:15
SHJ
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MAA
6h 45m1 stop
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04:00 - 09:50
MAA
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SHJ
7h 20m1 stop
AED 947Salam Air
Fri, 6 Mar - Mon, 9 Mar
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21:40 - 03:05
SHJ
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MAA
3h 55mdirect
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03:45 - 06:35
MAA
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SHJ
4h 20mdirect
AED 969Air Arabia
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 flight to Chennai?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest airline ticket to Chennai from the United Arab Emirates in the last 72 hours was AED 334 one-way, and AED 768 round-trip on the route from Abu Dhabi to Chennai. The most popular route is from Dubai to Chennai and the cheapest ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was AED 859 return.

How much is a flight to Chennai?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Chennai from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

On average, a flight to Chennai costs AED 997. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 355 and departed from Abu Dhabi. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Dubai to Chennai which costs AED 1,399 on average, and Abu Dhabi to Chennai, which costs AED 1,281 on average.

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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 September, where tickets cost AED 801 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, where the average cost of tickets from the United Arab Emirates is AED 1,770 and AED 1,583 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is September with an average price of AED 900.

What is a good deal for flights to Chennai?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Chennai, 25% of our users found tickets to Chennai for the following prices or less: From Abu Dhabi AED 491 one-way - AED 1,081 return, from Sharjah AED 512 one-way - AED 1,480 return, from Dubai AED 535 one-way - AED 1,100 return.

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 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 60 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Chennai Plane Tickets

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flightAED 334
Best time to beat the crowds (23% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (41% more expensive on average)
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Chennai

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

  • What is the cheapest flight to Chennai?

    The cheapest airline ticket to Chennai from the United Arab Emirates in the last 72 hours was AED 334 one-way, and AED 768 round-trip on the route from Abu Dhabi to Chennai. The most popular route is from Dubai to Chennai and the cheapest ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was AED 859 return.

  • How far is Chennai Airport from central Chennai?

    You’ll need to travel 16 km to reach the Chennai city centre from Chennai Airport.

  • What is the name of Chennai’s airport?

    When flying to Chennai, you'll arrive at Chennai Airport (MAA). The airport is also known as Chennai or Chennai Intl.

  • How much is a flight to Chennai?

    On average, a flight to Chennai costs AED 997. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 355 and departed from Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl Airport.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Chennai?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chennai is Saturday where tickets can be as cheap as AED 1,204. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are AED 1,263 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 at night, when flights cost AED 1,299 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chennai is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is AED 1,456.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Chennai

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Chennai? 25% of our users found return tickets to Chennai for the following prices or less: From Abu Dhabi AED 786, from Dubai AED 818, from Sharjah AED 996
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Chennai flight deals.

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

United Arab Emirates to Chennai

Monday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 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, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 more

Saturday

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

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 more

Sunday

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

ANA, Air Arabia, +43 more

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Direct returns

Chennai to United Arab Emirates

Monday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 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, +39 more

ANA, Air Arabia, +40 more

Saturday

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

ANA, Air Arabia, +41 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 the United Arab Emirates 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
EmiratesOverall score based on 3462 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
Airline reviews

I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

10.0 ExcellentElena, Dec 2025
DXB - COK
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I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

in today's time, an airline like emirates didnt serve drinks as requested, Excuse was full flight.

Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

Wonderful Premium Economy experience. Felt as good as Business Class for food and entertainment. Comfortable sleeping too

The 2 sockets near me didjt work i had my phone by end of the flight on low bat and had issues to book uber thereafter Electrical sockets should work if emirates does not allow batteries Baggage claim in zurich took very long

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

Boarding queue were long , crew was good , seats were not comfortable food was good .

Fine , short leg space . Not yummy food . But its ok for a short trip ..

Liked the wifi onboard wifi facility. But most of the contents was not loading. Also improve the seating comfort. Atleast make it cushioning and slight slanting. Make a decent leg space.

Crew service and check in are very good Price still high .

Seats distance between each other are short but other things are ok .

Liked the treatment at the counter. Using the tunnel to get into the aircraft will be more convenient especially for wheel chairs.

Nice crew , clean cabin , food was delayed due to problem with the quantity .

On this flight...fine. The one from India to Abu Dahbi, awful.

Kayak and Aran grant issuing business class tickets without lounge access and sometimes 1 or 2 connections in economy class. It’s very disappointing to find out that after buying the ticket. Never buy tickets on kayak and Aran grant again

We have paid premium price for a business class Cabinet and we have received the old 777 with the following apart business class that is not to standard. It was very disappointing and it’s a very bad reputation for a premium airline company. This aeroplane should be the commission from being as a business class. We will pass this knowledge to our colleagues because the quality of business class in Etihad is not consistent and it is a lucky dip that sometimes you’re getting a good aeroplane and sometimes you’re getting their 30 years old aeroplane. The crew of the aeroplane have apologise and said that they hate this aeroplane and they have complained about it multiple times as well. Obviously Etihad is putting the economy in front of the Customer Experience. For the future we will not take this risk anymore and will fly with established company like emirates.

Was so disappointing. Business class with no TV, uncomfortable seats. Had much higher expectations.

It was an old plane with seats not comfortable and with little space for the legs. I must say that the previous flight I had was amazing on a very comfortable new plane

Very disappointing #1 - You have to pay extra to use the business lounge, or else you sit in the cold airport for 7 hours and fall sick #2 - Did an awful job with boarding, they turned on the "last call" notice on the monitor made the passengers come running to the gate, once the passengers came close the crew would tell them - hey we are not boarding yet, this included passengers with children also, this was happening all the time, it was pitiful to see #3 - Did not have the courtesy for the passengers in the business class, there is a reasons why people choose business class, because they need to get to work, that means sleep is very important for them, in the business class, the crew members would themselves cause so much noise by closing the door in a loud way, once the crew member does it then the other passengers are also doing it, #4 - the food did not smell good, #5 - The Abu Dhabi airport is small, so not a whole lot to do, especially when the layover is 7+ hours. #6 - Did not provide the slippers with pajamas, #7 - also the pajamas also I had to ask, only after asking it was provided. #8- Asked for an extra pillow because the pillow they provided was not tall enough, the crew member said there was no additional pillow and gave me something like a blanket, I tried my best to use that as a pillow, but my head kept on sliding and that messed up my sleep and did not get deep thorough sleep Overall the airlines did not have an understanding of how to care for the passengers, especially the business class ones. Overall it was a bad experience, I would much rather spend the money with Qatar airways, the experience with Qatar is so much better.

Seat space was tight and uncomfortable. There was hardly any cushioning giving me a terrible tail bone ache. Getting and out was extremely cramped. We paid for seat choices and felt totally ripped off. Food was mediocre. By the time the servers served 2 or 3 rows they ran out of this or that option as we saw on the inbound trip also. This is infuriating. Entertainment choices were extremely limited for such a long haul. The screen froze on occasion and did not switch off when the on off button was pressed. When it did it came back on its own in 5 seconds. The airlines has gone downhill since last year.

I paid 44 $ for seat upgrade (22D) and my seat was stack in high position for all the 6 hours of flight. I don't recommend the upgrade. I am looking to get my upgrade payment back

1 hour flight. No complaints. Some drinks would have been nice.

It took a lot of time to declare that the flight gonna be cancelled ☹️ very disappointed.

Electronic check in is must these days. Food could be better.

They denied my meal which was included in ticket and also damaged my bag completely and broke the wheel and still not accepting their fault

As budget airline everything was good. Except that - boarding process can be more organised. Then if entertainment systems are not operational. Its better to keep them switch off.

Flight cancelled after 4+ hour delay. Indigo created a nightmare scenario and showed the most callus attitude towards the passengers I will refer to them was IndiNoGo!

Very nice and pleasant. Boarding was quick and the crew were responsive

Foreign nationals are not permitted to check in online in advance. We can only check in at the airport, so choice of seat was limited. I was stuck in a very uncomfortable location. I would expect a meal included in a flight of this duration. The food options to buy are very basic. IngiGo are a very good domestic carrier, but if they are serious about operating more international, longer haul flights, they need to improve this service to match every other airline I know.

IndiGo is low cost and therefore no frills, but is always a pleasant experience. No mood lighting and fancy features but clean aircraft, professional crew and absolute value for money.

Very hard seats. No food service, even though price is not competitive.

Very hard seats for long flights. No food even on International flight. Won't fly Indigo again if I can help it.

Very old aircraft. Business class seats don’t work right. No way to get out my tray table. Crew didn’t seem surprised about the aircraft and didn’t have any real answers. Old 777 seems to not have been updated ever.

They rescheduled flight..no customer care to even reach or accommodate

Bad weather in Amritsar cancelled the flight while we were at the gate in Delhi but the ground crew took good care of us and exceeded our expectations. Once on the plane, we enjoyed the best experience we’ve had on any flight in years. Their customer support was also impressively quick to answer and immediately helpful.

Unnecessary delays & Gate changes, so much inconvenience after 15-16 hours flight

Needs lots of improvement starting from crew/staff attitude, cleanliness, better quality food & in flight amenities.

Old and filthy aircraft Boarding was free for all with no zones

Very old and ill maintained flights. Seats didn’t have proper cushioning. The entertainment system was a joke. That’s the least one can expect from a 19 hour long flight.

Flight was delayed in phases from 84ppm to 2am. And at 2am it was cancelled. Only refund option provided and no stay was provided. Poor communication throughout and shameless behaviour from the airline with no regard for seniors citizens and those travelling with children.

Poor entertainment. Charging station was broken, not clean washrooms, 6hrs delay , no apologies given

Very bad experience luggage never made to destination no help form airlines staff aircraft was old crappy forts staff service bad airlines staff

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