New Delhi (DEL) – Chennai (MAA)
- Distance
- 1,753 km
- 1,089 mi · 946 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 55 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 221 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (131 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 2,166,822
- Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · −8.0%
- Flights / week
- —
- Not in this source
- Seats filled
- —
- Airlines nonstop
- —
- Not named in this source
Traffic: DGCA (India), domestic city-pair traffic, scheduled services, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. DGCA marks these figures provisional. It reports cities, matched here to the airport. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEL
- 169°
- Heading from MAA
- 350°
- Halfway point
- 20.78, 78.71
- Great-circle km
- 1,760 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 176,431 |
| Nov 2025 | 192,136 |
| Dec 2025 | 181,389 |
| Jan 2026 | 190,317 |
| Feb 2026 | 193,080 |
| Mar 2026 | 198,855 |
| Apr 2026 | 171,299 |
| May 2026 | 193,448 |
| Jun 2026 | 166,035 |
| Jul 2026 | 164,240 |
| Aug 2026 | 179,925 |
| Sep 2026 | 159,667 |
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,760 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.