There are 7 ways to get from Chennai to France by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane MAA - NCE
16h 19m€221–603Fly Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MAA - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
19h 51m€188–538Fly Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane MAA - CDG
16h 15m€282–562Fly Chennai International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MAA - LYS
16h 9m€356–1,216Fly Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAA - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
19h 4m€365–660Fly Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
17h 3m€287–543Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle 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 Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BLR - CDG
20h 13m€275–682
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to France is to fly and train which costs €180 - €550 and takes 19h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to France is to fly which takes 16h 9m and costs €350 - €1300.
The distance between Chennai and France is 7672 km.
It takes approximately 16h 19m to get from Chennai to France, including transfers.
France is 4h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 4:22 PM in Chennai and 11:52 AM in France.
There are 21805+ hotels available in France.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and France?
Emirates, Etihad, and three other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–900
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Mumbai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–490
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–550
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–850
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–490
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Kuwait, Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Frankfurt via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sharjah, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–17
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- €2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- €5–8
- Second AC (2A)
- €8–11
- First Class (1A)
- €13–17
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- BMTC
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- BMTC
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- €1
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- €2–3
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