₹ 28,864 Find Cheap Flights from North America to Chennai

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Cheapest return fare
₹ 65,699
Overall average: ₹ 109,315
Air India
lun 11/5mar 16/6
ORD - MAA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
₹ 28,864
Typical prices: ₹ 34,820-₹ 54,429
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gio 19/2
JFK - MAA • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from North America to Chennai

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from North America 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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Recent return flight deals from North America to Chennai

lun, 11 mag - mar, 16 giu
Air India Logo
13:10 - 04:55
ORD
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MAA
29h 15m
1 stop
Air India Logo
09:50 - 11:10
MAA
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ORD
35h 50m
1 stop
₹ 65,699Air India
mer, 11 mar - mer, 18 mar
Etihad Airways Logo
14:10 - 02:30
ORD
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MAA
25h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
21:40 - 08:35
MAA
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ORD
21h 25m
1 stop
₹ 66,157Etihad Airways
dom, 22 feb - dom, 15 mar
Air India Logo
13:30 - 08:55
ORD
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MAA
31h 55m
1 stop
Air India Logo
21:40 - 12:30
MAA
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ORD
25h 20m
1 stop
₹ 66,341Air India
mer, 25 feb - gio, 12 mar
Air India Logo
13:30 - 04:55
ORD
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MAA
27h 55m
1 stop
Air India Logo
16:20 - 12:30
MAA
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ORD
30h 40m
2 stops
₹ 66,799Air India
mer, 11 feb - mar, 17 feb
Etihad Airways Logo
13:10 - 02:30
ORD
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MAA
25h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
03:55 - 07:35
MAA
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ORD
39h 10m
1 stop
₹ 67,165Etihad Airways
dom, 15 feb - lun, 9 mar
Qatar Airways Logo
20:05 - 02:30
IAD
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MAA
19h 55m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
04:05 - 16:55
MAA
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IAD
22h 20m
1 stop
₹ 69,823Qatar Airways
gio, 16 apr - mar, 28 apr
Qatar Airways Logo
22:00 - 02:50
JFK
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MAA
19h 20m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
04:20 - 15:10
MAA
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JFK
20h 20m
1 stop
₹ 69,823Qatar Airways
gio, 5 mar - lun, 9 mar
British Airways Logo
21:35 - 05:35
EWR
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MAA
21h 30m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
07:35 - 14:50
MAA
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EWR
40h 45m
1 stop
₹ 72,022British Airways
lun, 9 feb - mer, 18 feb
Cathay Pacific Logo
10:55 - 00:35
LAX
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MAA
24h 10m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
02:00 - 16:20
MAA
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LAX
27h 50m
1 stop
₹ 79,535Cathay Pacific
lun, 9 feb - mar, 24 feb
Cathay Pacific Logo
10:55 - 00:35
LAX
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MAA
24h 10m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
02:00 - 09:15
MAA
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LAX
20h 45m
1 stop
₹ 79,627Cathay Pacific
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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight₹ 28,864
Best time to beat the crowds (19% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (25% more expensive on average)
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FAQs for booking flights from North America to Chennai

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

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from North America to Chennai

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from North America 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.
7.6
Cathay PacificOverall score based on 1145 reviews
7.3Food
8.1Crew
7.7Entertainment
7.9Boarding
7.6Comfort
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Flight delayed first from bad weather, then after boarding there was a problem with the plane. We had to get off and onto another plane...connections were missed and the trip took an additional 10 hours!! Pre-paid seatting was not honored due ro last minute carrier changes. Most of the trip was on Japan Airline.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
DTW - DFW
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Flight delayed first from bad weather, then after boarding there was a problem with the plane. We had to get off and onto another plane...connections were missed and the trip took an additional 10 hours!! Pre-paid seatting was not honored due ro last minute carrier changes. Most of the trip was on Japan Airline.

Flight from Hong Kong to LAX was late, the plane was grubby, overcrowded and hot. I recently flew Starlux and that was a MUCH better experience.

Extensive delays, poor organization to board people, as it felt like chaos to get inside of the plane. No lines, everyone gathering together like a mayhem, very confusing. Passengers out of hand and rude, which is not the airlines fault. However, there should be rules, e.g., not letting one passenger take 2+ spots in the overhead bin.

Crew and food were great in-flight. We had a 2 hour delay, no communication, and just got left in a limbo. The crew arrived late and they were running checkouts on the plane (which is important, but why not doing it earlier?) Cathay did nothing to about the delay, and a lot of people missed their connection flights. I had to run and got stuck at checkpoint, which made my entire trip very unpleasant. Got to my gate 5 mins prior to them closing it.

one hour transit not good. cathay pacific is not helpful at all

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

It's basically 15 hours with an airline in economy class. There's really not much of anything that could have been done better unless I had a first class ticket. Cathay Pacific does excellent work, with a very professional, friendly and attentive crew. It's literally the only airline that I will fly to Southeast Asia.

Crew on this flight dedicate their business class service to their high priority members. They would get priority service even the seats are behind me, and meals priority service and orders. I get the left over choices. I refused to eat because I felt discriminated, never booking this airline.

Very friendly and accommodating staff. Food was great. Lots of movies and tv shows to choose from. Highly recommend.

Leg room wasn't that great. Other than that it was a good flight

Charged extra amount for the baggage wait. Even it’s less than 23kgs. Those machines are showing wrong weight and they were charging money wantedly from everyone.

Looks like a local flight. Food was horrible. No entertainment system.

I appreciated the vailability of wheelchair services for persons with mobility issues all the way up to the aircraft. What could be better would be the food choices.

Very efficient and professional staff. Food was good and so was entertainment selection.

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

Economy travel is really hard with no room to move especially when the person sitting beside you is an XL or XXL size person who if moving could hit your face

It was excellent in all respects. I don’t think it needs any improvement

The Achilles heel of the experience with Qatar Airways is the Doha Airport, especially for travellers arriving into Doha and not transiting. This airport suffers from being ambitiously big and the immigration into Qatar being overly time taking. At the end of my particular flight in which my travel was ending in Doha, the plane parked at a very remote terminal, from where it took me 30 minutes to arrive just at the immigration counter, with fast paced walking and the time on a train inside the airport. Then, at the immigration counter it takes up to a minute or more to process each tourist visitor,due to time taking face and finger scanning processes and langugage barriers if there are questions or information to be exchanged verbally with the officers. If several planes have landed at the same time, it is not unusual that one has to wait 45 to 60 minutes in the immigration queue. In short, the frustration of arriving at Doha takes away all positive vibe of the airline, as the airline and the airport are heavily intertwined and are marketed together.

Seats very small and unable to pre purchase internet or seat upgrades

I purchased Qatar airways after seeing ads about its service. To my surprise Qatar is marketing gimmick and horrible airlines which I don’t recommend to anyone Flight was dirty including flight from Miami to Doha And Doha airport restrooms are dirty On top of this they use this pathetic cheap indigo From Doha to Hyderabad which I will never fly Also they lost one of my baggage in Indigo and still waiting to receive it. I will never travel Qatar and will never recommend

Good flight. There were a few issues with the flat bed. It was some technical issues. Otherwise everything was good

It was great! Kept the time. Provided what was promised

The crew could have been more friendly and could have offered to make the beds. Also, Ethiad should have more vegetarian food options.

From the start of my vacation at Logan Airport, Boston it was chaotic. I'm praying my flight home is better .I'm grateful that we landed safe

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.

More leg space than other flights, but felt like *maybe* narrower seats?

Very delayed and uncomfortable seats. Nothing written in Urdu for Pakistanis. Tons of Pakistanis use the airline they should ensure the airline is accommodating them properly.

In Colombo when I-drop my baggage Sri Lanka air line crew not polite way talk very rude

Did not provided with option for class upgrade. Staff at gate was not able and willing to accommodate with class upgrade, eather with plenty empty spots in business and first class.

Excellent. The crew and flight were great. Checking in was easy and everyone was very helpful.

The business class seating arrangement for LHR to MAA was very uncomfortable. The movie options were terrible.

Even in business class, no 2 members of our family including kids were able to sit together. I booked the tickets months in advance. The all my luggage was left in London and arrived 2 days later. It took hours to report the missing luggage at the airport and 3-4 hours to recover one of the bags from the airport with mind bending amount of paperwork. Worst experience ever, I would seriously reconsider traveling by British Airways again.

Overall, the food and entertainment were great. The staff were amazing, polite and professional. They did not have WiFi on board on this leg but that was okay. There was a delay in boarding from London and landing at Mumbai airport but the pilot communicate DC the reason for the delayed landing. They even sent us an apology afterwards for the delayed landing.

Very bad.i will never book British flights for future

The flight was fine but no food available apart from snacks like Pringles and olives which was a problem for me as I hadn’t eaten anything that day. But the worst problem was BA left 24 suitcases in Heathrow as the flight was too full but didn’t tell anyone. So we waited for ages at Toulouse airport with no information and finally found out from the one member of staff in the baggage collection area who explained what had happened and apologised for no announcement being made but said that was their policy. Then BA contacted me today to say they have found my luggage and can deliver it to me on Tuesday - half way through my holiday!!!! So a friend has had to make a four hour round trip in his car to go and collect the luggage from the airport so we can get it today. A TOTAL SHAMBLES AND DISREGARD BY BA FOR THEIR PASSENGERS’ BEST INTERESTS.

We had a pretty good experience. Enjoyed both the flights. Crew was very good and helpful.

Friendly hosts/hostesses; dinner was of acceptable, but mediocre standard

Experience with British Airways was hopeless and the response from ground staff after flight cancellation was hopeless

Terrible. A 6 hour delay and no one could be bothered to communicate or help change routes to avoid unnecessary delays and frustration

Flight was cancelled by air India. There was no explanation provided why the flight was cancelled. Found out that the flight was cancelled because the Iran air space was closed. Meanwhile, all other flights passing through that region were operating without issues. When asked to refund money for the tickets, being told that “ As checked, we wish to share that Flight AI 116 on 15 January 2026 from New York to Mumbai was cancelled due to Iran airspace closure, which were beyond the airline’s control. While such events can disrupt travel plans, we appreciate your understanding and patience. Our team remains committed to ensuring the safety and comfort of all passengers and takes all necessary measures to minimize any issues. However, we must inform you that compensation is not applicable under these extraordinary circumstances, in accordance with the relevant regulations.” Completed unacceptable and unprofessional behavior!

The flight was on time, the entire experience was very smooth. The Flight crew were incredibly professional and nice. Made us feel very comfortable

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.

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