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
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The cheapest way to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis is to bus and fly which costs $390 - $1,500 and takes 18h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis is to bus and fly which takes 18h 35m and costs $390 - $1,500.
The distance between Cotonou and Saint-Denis is 6556 km.
It takes approximately 29h 2m to get from Cotonou to Saint-Denis, including transfers.
There are 969+ hotels available in Saint-Denis.
What companies run services between Cotonou, Benin and Saint-Denis, Réunion?
Afrijet, Air Austral, and six 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 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Nosy-Be
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Lome, Nairobi, Dzaoudzi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Libreville, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Antananarivo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- airmauritius.com
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Lome, Nairobi, Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Lagos to Gillot Airport via Addis Ababa, Mauritius
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- corsair.com
Flights from Cotonou to Gillot Airport via Lome, Nairobi, Antananarivo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
- 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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