There are 2 ways to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis by plane or bus
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Cotonou (COO) to Gillot Airport (RUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis is to bus and fly which costs $650 - $1,300 and takes 19h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis is to bus and fly which takes 19h 5m and costs $650 - $1,300.
The distance between Cotonou and Saint-Denis is 6556 km.
It takes approximately 32h 27m to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis, including transfers.
There are 957+ hotels available in Saint-Denis.
What companies run services between Cotonou, Benin and Saint-Denis, Réunion?
Afrijet, Air Austral, and two other airlines fly from Cotonou (COO) to Gillot Airport (RUN) once daily.
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Libreville, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,300
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Nosy-Be
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Libreville, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Website
- corsair.com
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Antananarivo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Phone
- +237 678197361
- Website
- afrique-con.com
Bus from Cotonou to Lagos Maza Maza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- afrique-con.com
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