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If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Colombo on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Wednesday is the most expensive day to fly from Chennai to Colombo. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Chennai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport is April, where tickets cost £141 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £175 and £169 respectively.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Chennai to Colombo were found on IndiGo (£159) and SriLankan Airlines (£171).

There are 2 airlines that fly direct from Chennai to Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport. They are IndiGo and SriLankan Airlines. The cheapest airline for this route is IndiGo, with the best return deal found costing £129. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at IndiGo.

Weekly flights between Chennai and Colombo historically see delays in approximately 12% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 95 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving at night tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the early afternoon have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Friday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Tuesday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, IndiGo have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 7% of their flights encountering any delays.

There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 6 and 7 direct flights that take off from Chennai and land in Colombo Bandaranaike Intl Airport, with an average flight time of 1h 18m. The most common departure time is 20:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 45 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Thursday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Monday.