There are 8 ways to get from France to Puducherry by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Chennai International Airport (MAA)plane CDG - MAA
- Take the train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jntrain
18h 54m₹26,629–64,259Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR)plane CDG - BLR
- Take the bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura stationbus
- Take the train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherrytrain
24h 3m₹24,594–58,569Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Chennai International Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Chennai International Airport (MAA)plane NCE - MAA
- Take the train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jntrain
19h 34m₹32,580–58,402Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Pondicherry (PNY)plane CDG - PNY
19h 15m₹50,509–76,559Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chennai International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chennai International Airport (MAA)plane LYS - MAA
- Take the train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jntrain
20h 7m₹41,129–64,759Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Chennai International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chennai International Airport (MAA)plane FRA - MAA
- Take the train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jntrain
18h 4m₹27,020–100,366Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Kempegowda International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR)plane FRA - BLR
- Take the bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura stationbus
- Take the train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherrytrain
24h 39m₹27,985–61,676Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kempegowda International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR)plane ZRH - BLR
- Take the bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura stationbus
- Take the train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherrytrain
25h 41m₹28,900–61,756
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Chennai International Airport (MAA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Puducherry is to fly and train which costs ₹26,000 - ₹65,000 and takes 18h 54m.
The fastest way to get from France to Puducherry is to train and fly which takes 18h 4m and costs ₹27,000 - ₹1,00,000.
The distance between France and Puducherry is 8231 km.
It takes approximately 18h 54m to get from France to Puducherry, including transfers.
Puducherry is 3h 30m ahead of France. It is currently 7:51 PM in France and 11:21 PM in Puducherry.
There are 1215+ hotels available in Puducherry.
What companies run services between France and Puducherry, India?
Air France, IndiGo Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Pondicherry (PNY) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹36,000–120,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Chennai International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–110,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chennai International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹35,000–120,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–110,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹34,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹31,000–100,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–100,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹27,000–45,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Chennai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹25,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹23,000–30,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹29,000–55,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹22,000–32,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹23,000–65,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Chennai International Airport via Istanbul, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–75,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹48,000–170,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Muscat, Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹50,000–110,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Dubai, Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹55,000–180,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Frankfurt, Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹55,000–190,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Zurich Airport, Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹50,000–160,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Pondicherry via Frankfurt, Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹55,000–190,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹31,000–85,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹32,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹27,000–75,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹25,000–70,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹26,000–70,000
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–65,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹31,000–65,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹28,000–60,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹35,000–110,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–100,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–90,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–90,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹38,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹35,000–95,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹37,000–100,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹32,000–120,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Chennai International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹31,000–110,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹29,000–110,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹32,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–110,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹29,000–90,000
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹150–1,200
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹150–190
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹430–550
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹550–750
- First Class (1A)
- ₹950–1,200
Train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹150–1,200
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹150–190
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹430–550
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹550–750
- First Class (1A)
- ₹950–1,200
Train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹150–1,200
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹150–190
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹430–550
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹550–750
- First Class (1A)
- ₹950–1,200
Train from Tambaram to Villupuram Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹150–1,200
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹150–190
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹430–550
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹550–750
- First Class (1A)
- ₹950–1,200
Train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherry
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₹260–2,000
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹260–310
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹650–850
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹950–1,200
- First Class (1A)
- ₹1,500–2,000
Train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherry
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₹260–2,000
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹260–310
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹650–850
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹950–1,200
- First Class (1A)
- ₹1,500–2,000
Train from Krishnarajapurm to Pondicherry
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₹260–2,000
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹260–310
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹650–850
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹950–1,200
- First Class (1A)
- ₹1,500–2,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₹2,800–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹1,400–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₹2,800–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹1,400–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₹3,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₹3,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₹850–1,800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₹850–1,800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹2,600–5,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹3,500–11,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in
Bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹75–310
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- ₹75–95
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- ₹230–310
Bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹75–310
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- ₹75–95
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- ₹230–310
Bus from Kempegowda International Airport to KR Pura station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₹75–310
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- ₹75–95
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- ₹230–310
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