There are 3 ways to get from Chennai to Canberra by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane MAA - CBR
18h$554–1,319Fly Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MAA - SYD
- Take the bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberrabus
19h 4m$457–878Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Canberra International Airport
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane BLR - CBR
23h 27m$656–2,237
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Canberra International Airport (CBR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Canberra is to fly and bus which costs $450 - $900 and takes 19h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Canberra is to fly which takes 18h and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Chennai and Canberra is 9046 km.
It takes approximately 18h to get from Chennai to Canberra, including transfers.
Canberra is 4h 30m ahead of Chennai. It is currently 10:23 PM in Chennai and 2:53 AM in Canberra.
There are 931+ hotels available in Canberra.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Canberra, ACT, Australia?
IndiGo Airlines, Virgin Australia, and five other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Canberra International Airport (CBR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,800
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,800
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–800
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–27
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $3–5
- Third AC (3A)
- $9–12
- Second AC (2A)
- $12–16
- First Class (1A)
- $21–27
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com.au/
Bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- $1–2
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- $3–5
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