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Find cheap flights from Sydney to Chennai from ₹ 18,403

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Cheap flight deals from Sydney to Chennai (SYD-MAA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sydney 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.
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20:45 - 23:55SYD-MAA
31h 40m1 stop
01:20 - 11:35MAA-SYD
29h 45m1 stop
₹ 36,056Scoot
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Tue, 13 Aug - Sat, 31 Aug
22:00 - 23:50SYD-MAA
31h 20m1 stop
00:35 - 13:00MAA-SYD
30h 55m1 stop
₹ 37,222Scoot
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Mon, 28 Oct - Tue, 26 Nov
12:35 - 23:55SYD-MAA
15h 50m1 stop
01:20 - 11:35MAA-SYD
29h 45m1 stop
₹ 37,972Scoot
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Wed, 21 Aug - Sun, 22 Sep
09:45 - 23:05SYD-MAA
17h 50m1 stop
08:15 - 07:55MAA-SYD
19h 10m1 stop
₹ 39,554
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Fri, 19 Jul - Sat, 24 Aug
09:45 - 23:05SYD-MAA
17h 50m1 stop
23:45 - 20:00MAA-SYD
15h 45m1 stop
₹ 40,303
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Fri, 19 Jul - Fri, 16 Aug
09:05 - 21:00SYD-MAA
16h 25m1 stop
08:50 - 10:40MAA-SYD
21h 20m1 stop
₹ 51,628Qantas Airways
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Sun, 21 Jul - Sat, 17 Aug
10:05 - 00:15SYD-MAA
18h 40m1 stop
01:40 - 07:55MAA-SYD
25h 45m2 stops
₹ 58,706Cathay Pacific
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Tue, 13 Aug - Sat, 31 Aug
10:05 - 00:15SYD-MAA
18h 40m1 stop
01:40 - 06:15MAA-SYD
24h 05m1 stop
₹ 61,204Cathay Pacific
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Sat, 20 Jul - Thu, 15 Aug
10:00 - 00:01SYD-MAA
18h 31m1 stop
01:10 - 20:30MAA-SYD
14h 50m1 stop
₹ 63,119Thai Airways
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Fri, 28 Jun - Mon, 1 Jul
14:50 - 00:01SYD-MAA
13h 41m1 stop
01:10 - 20:30MAA-SYD
14h 50m1 stop
₹ 298,859Thai Airways
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Wed, 21 Aug - Sun, 22 Sep

Flights from Sydney to Chennai - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sydney to Chennai?

The average price of all flights from Sydney to Chennai clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Sydney to Chennai, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Sydney, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Chennai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sydney 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 from Sydney to Chennai is February, where tickets cost ₹ 54,542 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of tickets is ₹ 110,417 and ₹ 75,277 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Sydney to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Sydney to Chennai, you should book around 5 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 79 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sydney to Chennai?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket from Sydney to Chennai found on KAYAK was with Scoot for ₹ 18,403. Scoot proposed a return connection from ₹ 36,056 and Qantas Airways from ₹ 51,628.

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Low season

April

High season

December

Cheapest flight

₹ 18,403
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (65% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Sydney to Chennai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sydney 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. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Sydney to Chennai

  • Is Chennai Airport a hub for any airlines?

    Chennai Airport is a hub for several budget airlines, the most relevant of which for travellers from Sydney Airport (SYD) is IndiGo. It is also a focus city for Air India. This may be especially advantageous for Air India routes that fly direct from Sydney to New Delhi to then transfer to a domestic IndiGo flight to Chennai.

  • What are my public transport options to and from Chennai Airport?

    A free shuttle bus transports passengers between the airport and the metro line. Public buses also operate a service from the airport to Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in the city centre. Another shuttle service is available between the airport and the railway.

  • Are there any special services for passengers with hidden disabilities at Sydney Airport?

    If you have a hidden disability and are flying out of Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport to Chennai, you can make yourself known to staff with a sunflower lanyard, available from the Airport Services Centre on Level 3 of International Terminal T1. This will entitle you to use of the special assistance lanes when going through security and passport control.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sydney to Chennai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sydney to Chennai was ₹ 221 for a one-way ticket and ₹ 433 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sydney to Chennai?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sydney to Chennai?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Sydney and Chennai, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney 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 from Sydney to Chennai.

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

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

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

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sydney 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 from Sydney up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Sydney to Chennai

  • When arriving in Chennai, although there is a metro station named ‘Chennai Airport’, be aware that there is actually no direct rail link between Chennai Airport (MAA) and the metro system. A free airport shuttle bus, available from designated stops at each terminal, regularly transports passengers between the airport and the metro station. From the metro station, you can then make your way to your final destination in the city.
  • The app Ola, which is similar in concept to Uber, enables users to access special cabs. Kiosks at Chennai International Airport allow travellers to use this service without having to download the app.
  • If you want to hire a car for your stay in Chennai, it is more expensive to hire from the airport. A more economical option is to book online prior to departure. Most car hire companies have a meet-and-greet service, which can meet you at the airport and arrange for you to pick up your car.

Top 4 airlines serving from Sydney to Chennai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sydney to Chennai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney 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.
8.2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1436 reviews
8.7Crew
7.8Food
8.4Boarding
8.1Comfort
8.1Entertainment
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Good flight. The food was served a bit late, hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

10.0 ExcellentYM, Apr 2024MEL - SIN
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Good flight. The food was served a bit late, hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

Great to have actual hot tastey meal on a flight. Well done

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

Seating cramped; close to toilet, foul smelling and noisy, very unhygienic and disease risk Free and paid Wi-Fi NOT accessible at all - misleading advertising Very expensive sunglasses disappeared from back seat pouch. Coffee disgusting and cold

Wonderful service, planes and interior in great condition, very pleasant experience

The premium economy seats were not that great. It could have been more premium than economy seats.

People were so nice! Economy seats were small and cramped feeling for me. I’m slender and 6 feet tall

Flying with Singapore airlines is always excelllent - the crew are lovely and the food too is great. It’s my number 1 airline

They were able to assist my elderly father and myself after not being able to check in to scoot. The counter service was phenomenal. They did what they could to get us on the next plane so we could catch our Connecting flight. Scoot closed early on us so we ended up missing our flight.

They close their counter so early. I had internet issues so I couldn’t check In online . I would have made the flight but their counter was closed 5 minutes before we arrived. No way of contacting them even though I had the confirmation number and tried to check in the night before on someone else’s phone. I tried calling their customer service with no pick up. Horrible experience, I’m very unhappy with them. I hope to never fly with them ever again. It costed me almost $900.

Service / food has to be much better. Staff were not very attentive to requests. Requested for a second serve of coke and got a weird look back from the host! Was also told they don’t have extra water bottles when I requested for one before sleep! Dinner time food was very minimum and average.

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

Delayed, not enough information. Had to ask for refreshments, crew could have been more proactive

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

Delayed for 45 minutes. Don't know what's the issue. Other than that, food was not to my satisfaction. However it's okay.

My first course flight (Aor-Kul) was cancelled in the morning, and they asked me to board the night flight hence I need to transit overnight for the 2nd flight (Kul-Myy) that supposed to be on the same day. The overnight stay was not provided, (I'm traveling with my spouse, a daughter (5 y.o.) and an infant (2 months old). Hence I booked Sama Sama Hotel at my own expense (fortunately using my enrich miles points). Other than this issue, all services is good.

My experience with the flight was okay. My experience checking in was absolutely terrible. I was told I needed to change my e-ticket number to check in because I missed my flight in PDX. Even when shown the itinerary, they didn't budge and sent me to KLM across the airport. KLM wasn't open until 8pm and my flight was at 7:30pm. Nobody made accommodations in any way to get me to KUL. To add insult to injury, they rescheduled my flight to the very next day, creating a very long layover and did not offer any hotel stay. After this, even worse, I found out later they delayed the first 7:30pm flight to 9:10pm. Meaning, I could have still boarded but they refused to even try to get me on the plane. As a result, I missed a day of work and lost pay for the day. Also, when I went to get my luggage, it wasn't there. It was STILL in Singapore. They had from 5:30pm to 5am to get my luggage onto the plane and they still couldn't get that right. This is the worst experience I've had flying anywhere in the past decade I've been travelling.

Orange juice change to mineral water . Should keep the orange juice.

Entertainment system was too old, crew were unorganised during boarding

WiFi didn’t work on both sectors so made killing time harder - planes clean modern and good flight crew - would do again if WiFi works

6hrs fly they dont give you a glass of water from seoul to singapore need to buy drink and food plus they charge for bag on international fly is always Free 1 bag from seoul to singapore is Not a local fly you are traveling true asia same story from singapore to Bali no water drink after payment for bag drink cost more the regular airline Well never use this company again we use regular company like Delta korea japan China and even scoot parent company Singapore Air

We had 2 attempts to land at Singapore Changing during a thunderstorm. Everything was delayed by 1 hour plus.

Boarding was not accordingly after front seat, bmf then back seat. This delayed for at least 40mins or more. The staff at Jakarta can do better. Is chaos at the entry to board the plane. This tarnished Scoot reputation when everyone was talking about it.

The crew was not customer oriented at all, even confrontational . The aircraft needs more attention to detail as far as comfort, and the 1 hour sitting at the gate with no air is inexcusable

We flew on the 787 Dreamliner direct to main gate at KLIA2, quick entry via eGate and on the train 41mins after touchdown. Go well SCOOT

Was on scoot plus. The only good thing about the flight was the spacious seats. Tables and armrests were extremely dirty Food: bad Entertainment: non existent Wifi: unable to connect, then was painfully slow that we couldn’t even send messages Good thing we had a night flight, so we just slept throughout.

Not clear why boarding passes could only be issued at the counter and not through the kiosk. I had already check-in on the web, so waiting to obtain a boarding pass 1.5 hours before the actual flight defeats the purpose of early web check-in.

no charging point. food offering is limited and very much on the budget line. Overall is not satisfying for such a price and duration of flight.

We were delayed, but there was never any update given. Everyone was standing at the gate as boarding was supposed to commence at 13:10 for a 13:55 flight. We didn't actually start getting on the shuttles to the plane, until after 14:00. No updates, no information given at all.

The flight was delayed for 2 reasons. 1) Weather - due to which it incoming aircraft was diverted to Ahmdabad. 2) technical issue which took 5 hrs to solve at Ahmedabad. The flight which was to leave by 6pm left at 12:10am the next day. They could have handled the situation in a better way. They waited for Airbus engineer to come and solve. They didn’t simultaneously call for another aircraft so passengers could travel through their connecting flights as scheduled. It was a very poor way from Air India.

BAD experience. Entertainment system was not working and most of the passengers had this issue. Staff was not helpful. Meal was yuck. Bad old flights.

Overall good experience. I got first row seats with extra legroom. It does make a difference. Entertainment system was working. However, they kept serving me a VEGAN meal instead of a VEGETERIAN meal. I asked them and showed my tickets that Vegeterian meal is selected but the staff didn't care. VEGAN meal was medicore and not enough to fill tummy. Also unhealthy with butter made from palm oil.

Crew were slow in serving, as a result many of the passengers were not served Tea/Coffee. There is a scope for improvement

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct. However, the TV's in our entire row did not work so I'm glad we brought our own entertainment......

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct.

Need to update the staff of the airport. They tell luggage weight according to they want.

Their security process is excessive. We were checked when we got off our incoming plane, at the gate and up the stairs when boarding the plane. Come on.

Mediocre staff, crappy food selections and no entertainment for a 14 hour flight. The only good thing was that it was a direct flight.

Not comfortable for sitting. Sits are too close to each other and it’s too hard for butt..you need to improve your entertainment section like tv programming, Movies, it’s so hard to kill 15 hrs in long flights .you don’t serve good food like other competitive airlines thats my opinion

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sydney to Chennai found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/10Thu
1 stopScoot
31h 40mSYD-MAA
₹ 18,403
10/10Thu
2 stops
30h 50mSYD-MAA
₹ 23,982
7/6Fri
2 stops
42h 35mSYD-MAA
₹ 29,644
8/6Sat
3 stops
35h 50mSYD-MAA
₹ 29,978
8/6Sat
2 stops
29h 25mSYD-MAA
₹ 30,061
6/6Thu
2 stops
27h 00mSYD-MAA
₹ 31,143
30/5Thu
3 stops
51h 35mSYD-MAA
₹ 31,310
6/6Thu
1 stopCathay Pacific
21h 10mSYD-MAA
₹ 34,391
30/5Thu
1 stopCathay Pacific
18h 40mSYD-MAA
₹ 35,723
7/6Fri
1 stopQantas Airways
16h 25mSYD-MAA
₹ 38,638

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Last minute flights from Sydney to Chennai

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Sydney to Chennai that are departing in the next 10 days.
23/5Thu
multi-stop
34h 15mSYD-MAA
7/6Fri
multi-stop
18h 20mMAA-SYD
₹ 220,835
23/5Thu
multi-stop
34h 15mSYD-MAA
6/6Thu
multi-stop
14h 50mMAA-SYD
₹ 240,653
23/5Thu
multi-stopSriLankan Airlines
20h 10mSYD-MAA
29/5Wed
multi-stopSriLankan Airlines
31h 15mMAA-SYD
₹ 247,148
23/5Thu
multi-stop
20h 10mSYD-MAA
30/5Thu
multi-stop
21h 50mMAA-SYD
₹ 281,289
23/5Thu
multi-stopCathay Pacific
18h 40mSYD-MAA
6/6Thu
multi-stopCathay Pacific
28h 40mMAA-SYD
₹ 297,943
23/5Thu
multi-stop
28h 30mSYD-MAA
7/6Fri
multi-stop
18h 20mMAA-SYD
₹ 311,933
23/5Thu
multi-stop
13h 41mSYD-MAA
30/5Thu
multi-stop
18h 20mMAA-SYD
₹ 314,764
23/5Thu
multi-stop
22h 50mSYD-MAA
7/6Fri
multi-stop
26h 20mMAA-SYD
₹ 321,426
23/5Thu
multi-stopThai Airways
18h 31mSYD-MAA
29/5Wed
multi-stopThai Airways
14h 50mMAA-SYD
₹ 342,160
23/5Thu
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
15h 30mSYD-MAA
7/6Fri
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
27h 15mMAA-SYD
₹ 646,932

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