Route · BLR → MAA
Flights from Bengaluru to Chennai
At just 266 kilometres, the Bengaluru–Chennai hop is one of South India's shortest trunk routes, with block times typically running around 48 minutes once airborne — barely enough to finish a filter coffee. IndiGo dominates frequency here, as it does across most Indian domestic corridors, with Air India and SpiceJet offering meaningful competition; expect narrow-body Airbus A320-family jets on virtually every departure. A practical note worth flagging: both cities sit in the same time zone, so there is no clock adjustment to worry about, but travellers connecting onward from Chennai's MAA should be aware that domestic and international operations share a single integrated terminal, which can make security queues unpredictable during peak windows. Fare patterns on this corridor tend to tighten considerably during festival periods — Diwali and Pongal in particular — so booking a few weeks ahead pays off; mid-week departures on Tuesday and Wednesday often yield the most availability and relatively softer pricing.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Bengaluru (BLR) → Chennai (MAA). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Bengaluru–Chennai route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Bengaluru to Chennai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Bengaluru to Chennai — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at BLR and… MAA, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.