Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Chennai (MAA): 1,843 miles (2,966 km) great-circle, about 4h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $517 round-trip on Gulf Air, with 1 stop, departing May 22, 2026.
$517 round-trip, Gulf Air GF543, departing 2026-05-22 at 12:05, returning 2026-05-31. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Sunday 9 nights later; the fare was observed 27 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $517, it ranked 13th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from AUH (median $582). That is 28.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the AUH median of 27.4 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from AUH of similar length: Almaty (1,821 mi) at $1044 and Malé (1,880 mi) at $610.
Gulf Air had the cheapest fare on 4 of 30 AUH routes. It is the 17th longest of the 30 routes we track from AUH.
Of 5 departure airports with a fare to Chennai, Abu Dhabi (AUH) ranked 3rd at $517. Lowest: $246 from Colombo (CMB); highest: $570 from Doha (DOH); 1 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): AirAsia (1), Emirates (1), Gulf Air (1), IndiGo (1) and Qatar (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Dubai, Asia/Kolkata; flight time is our estimate.