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Cheap Flights from Nashville to Chennai (BNA-MAA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Nashville to Chennai that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Nashville to Chennai

Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Sep 4
American Airlines Logo
3:57 pm - 5:15 amBNA-MAA
26h 48m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
5:50 pm - 9:03 amMAA-BNA
25h 43m2 stops
$1,034American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 3
Air India Logo
3:52 pm - 8:15 amBNA-MAA
53h 53m2 stops
Air India Logo
3:00 am - 9:37 pmMAA-BNA
53h 07m2 stops
$1,206Air India
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Thu, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 3
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8:00 am - 2:40 amBNA-MAA
32h 10m2 stops
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1:30 am - 11:23 pmMAA-BNA
32h 23m3 stops
$1,245
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sun, Dec 28
Air India Logo
6:00 am - 7:05 pmBNA-MAA
25h 35m2 stops
Air India Logo
8:00 am - 12:39 pmMAA-BNA
40h 09m2 stops
$1,249Air India
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sat, Dec 27
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2:25 pm - 10:35 amBNA-MAA
32h 40m2 stops
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1:50 am - 3:05 pmMAA-BNA
24h 45m2 stops
$1,281
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Tue, Dec 16 - Sat, Jan 3
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2:25 pm - 5:20 amBNA-MAA
27h 25m2 stops
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9:45 pm - 3:05 pmMAA-BNA
52h 50m2 stops
$1,375
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Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Sep 4
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3:30 pm - 6:15 amBNA-MAA
28h 15m3 stops
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4:00 pm - 9:23 amMAA-BNA
27h 53m2 stops
$1,408
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Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Sep 4
British Airways Logo
3:57 pm - 3:30 amBNA-MAA
25h 03m2 stops
British Airways Logo
5:35 am - 12:40 pmMAA-BNA
41h 35m1 stop
$1,564British Airways
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sun, Dec 28
British Airways Logo
6:25 pm - 5:35 amBNA-MAA
23h 40m1 stop
British Airways Logo
1:05 pm - 4:15 pmMAA-BNA
38h 40m2 stops
$1,758British Airways
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Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Sep 4
Emirates Logo
3:08 pm - 8:05 amBNA-MAA
30h 27m2 stops
Emirates Logo
4:00 am - 10:11 pmMAA-BNA
28h 41m2 stops
$3,777Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Nashville to Chennai flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Nashville to Chennai to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Nashville to Chennai?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Nashville to Chennai clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Chennai on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Nashville to Chennai. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Nashville to Chennai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Nashville to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Nashville to Chennai is April, where tickets cost $1,018 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,698 and $1,557 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Nashville to Chennai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Nashville to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Nashville to Chennai, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonMay
Cheapest flight$883
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Nashville to Chennai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Nashville to Chennai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Nashville to Chennai

  • If you want to rent a car at MAA when you land in Chennai, you can board free shuttles at the arrivals curb to off-site agencies such as Avis, SS Travels, and Eco Rent. Most car rental agencies want you to return cars during working hours, but you can usually make arrangement for a later drop-off if necessary.

    Which airline offers a sustainable flight from Nashville to Chennai?

  • Consider a cheap flight on KLM from BNA to MAA. KLM is consistently listed as one of the most sustainable airlines in the world for making successful strides towards net zero carbon emissions, increasingly using sustainable aviation fuel, and investing in carbon offset programs around the globe.

    Which airline offers a cheap flight from Nashville to Chennai that has a comfortable economy seat?

  • Qatar Airways offers a flight from BNA to MAA, and its planes tend to have some of the most comfortable economy seats available. Their seats are the widest economy seats in the industry and have a seat pitch of 31 inches. Also, when you buy an Economy Classic ticket aboard Qatar Airways, you can pay a fee to get a seat with extra legroom.

    Is a cheap ticket from Nashville to Chennai worth it if I have to change airports in a connection city?

  • This kind of ticket can be a great bargain and also exciting. Getting across Washington DC, for example, could be an interesting way to spend an afternoon. However, before you buy this kind of ticket, make sure that your connection duration gives you enough time to make the switch. Make sure you plan out exactly how you will get from one airport to the other before you buy the ticket.

    Which economy ticket for a flight from Nashville to Chennai allows me to bring the most luggage?

  • What is the cheapest flight from Nashville to Chennai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Nashville to Chennai was $883 for a one-way ticket and $1,034 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Nashville and Chennai?

    A passport is required to fly from Nashville to Chennai.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Nashville to Chennai?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Nashville to Chennai?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Nashville and Chennai, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Nashville to Chennai?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Nashville to Chennai.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Nashville to Chennai?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chennai from Nashville is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Nashville to Chennai?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Chennai with an airline and back to Nashville with another airline. Booking your flights between Nashville and MAA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Nashville to Chennai?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Chennai from Nashville up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Nashville to Chennai

  • Frequently listed as one of the Top 10 most sustainable airlines in the world, American Airlines offers several cheap flights from IAH to NBO. American Airlines has added winglets to its planes’ wings and reduced the weight on each aircraft in order to make flying more fuel efficient. American has also gone paperless in flight.
  • The Nashville International Airport (BNA) is a hub for Contour Airlines, Flagship Airlines, Air Choice One, and others. Chennai International Airport (MAA) is a hub for IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India, and others. Some of the cheapest flights from BNA to MAA involve SpiceJet, Air India, and IndiGo.
  • If you want to park your car at BNA before your trip to Chennai, your most affordable options are Economy Lot B and Economy Lot C. These two lots are not within walking distance to the terminal, but a complimentary shuttle departs from these lots about every 10 minutes. These shuttles are cleaned many times a day.
  • Any American flying from Nashville to Chennai for any reason must have a visa. If you are a tourist who plans to stay less than 60 days, you can apply for an e-visa online. However, if you are traveling for other reasons or plan to stay longer than 2 months, you need to apply for your visa from an Indian embassy or consulate.
  • If you want to get to BNA from downtown Nashville on public transportation, you can catch a Line 18 bus hourly from the Greyhound station at Lafayette Street and 5th Avenue South for a 26-minute journey or from Central 4th Avenue - Bay 13 for a 32-minute ride. Taxi cabs and ride app cars such as Uber and Lyft are also available.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Nashville to Chennai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Nashville to Chennai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Nashville to Chennai? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.4
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 3603 reviews
7.4Comfort
7.5Boarding
7.3Food
7.9Crew
7.4Entertainment
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I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2025MDT - PHL
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I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

This trip was the most comfortable one I have ever experienced, the team was excellent and very helpful. I am so glad I picked Qatar Airways.

All the crew members were too slow and rude. Most of the times the registers were empty, while hundreds of customers were waiting in line, and it was impossible to get a supervisor. Despite being in line on time, I missed my freight, plus a some customers who were ahead and behind me.

Well organized boarding, efficient and on time. Nice crew on the plane. Thank you!

The Qatar Airways staff pre-boarding and also on the flight from Dallas to Doha were incredibly mediocre and arrogant. Consider retraining these individuals Other flights were ok.

My experience with Qatar airway was very unsatisfactory. They lost my child’s stroller and I was told they found it and will send it to the hotel which was a lie. I had to go back to the airport baggage claim and pick up myself after trying to contact them many times!. There was a lack professional and communication. I am very disappointed in Qatar airway and will not be recommending them to friends and family nor will I be flying with them in the future.

I purchased Qatar airways after seeing ads about its service. To my surprise Qatar is marketing gimmick and horrible airlines which I don’t recommend to anyone Flight was dirty including flight from Miami to Doha And Doha airport restrooms are dirty On top of this they use this pathetic cheap indigo From Doha to Hyderabad which I will never fly Also they lost one of my baggage in Indigo and still waiting to receive it. I will never travel Qatar and will never recommend

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

The food is not good and also if you ask crew to bring something they say ok I will bring but you will never get it. Please they should listen good to passengers

It was OK as the seat which we paid for doesn’t have any window. We paid $120 for 3 seats but it’s for nothing. Crew could not help. None of the ports worked so all our phones went dry

I had a terrible experience checking in at the airport for my flight. I booked my ticket initially through Kayak while it was promoted as a ticket that offers a carry on and 2 suit cases. (I have a screen shot as a proof of it) I selected it to buy three tickets and paid online. Couple of minutes later airfare assist which is the OTA offering the ticket called me saying My card declined. So I used a different card that went through. I was surprised that they increased the price ticket by a $167. They said the ticket no longer exists and because my card declined I had to buy a new one. So I did. The day my family and I were traveling I could not check in and when I went to the airport I was shocked to be told my ticket had no bags allowed and must pay $200 per bag for three people 6 bags mean I have to pay $1200. I called the travel agency as I feel I was scammed the confirmation didn’t say anything about the bags and they never told me the new ticket doesn’t not include any bag so they changed it after I selected it on your app without informing me. Very sneaky. The travel agency said they will reimburse me only for one bag person. Which means I still paid $600 I still feel very disappointed to pay such an expense. I have always used Kayak to buy my flight tickets and telling everyone how good your rates and app are however after this I feel I was mislead and paid more for something I should not have to. You allowing such an agency on your platform will surely hurt your reputation and level of integrity. I have all the proofs from the screen shot to the confirmation email from them, the or email offering to reimburse o e bag per person and the $1200 bag fees receipts that I paid on the desk. I must be refund the full amount and I look forward to your response.

A380 First Class Apartments were phenomenal. Comfortable bed and matress cover, superior vegetarian five course meal, shower, small business lounge and plenty of exercise walking around the aircraft.

The food could be better. Toilets were smelly all along

Crew Check-In – Kolkata (CCU) The crew handling check-in in Kolkata was outstanding—efficient, courteous, and highly organized. Flight Segment – CCU to Abu Dhabi (AUH) A standard flight overall. Notably, only one in-flight meal option—a vegetarian curry—was available, which seemed unsuitable for a red-eye journey. The crew offered no alternatives, which was unexpected. Flight Segment – Abu Dhabi to Rome (AUH-FCO) Comfort improved on this leg, but service quality was average, falling short of Etihad’s premium standards. Crew attention was heavily absorbed by a difficult couple in Row 15 (port side), resulting in disproportionate focus. It was concerning that a steward had to personally return to apologize, a task better suited for supervisory staff. This highlights a development opportunity for supervisors Anna and Quashim in managing guest escalation professionally.

The flight take time was changed 23 times. The system kept sending messages it will be earlier at 4am and eventually the flight was at 9am I didn’t sleep all night because of that

This flight was a dreamliner so I think the space was ok for the legs, but the option for food was again limited and the crew was same.

The seat was like there is no leg space....there were no proper option for food in the airline. It seemed like the airline was at brink of bankruptcy. The crew was helpful except for a few.

Boarding was efficient, had to check in cabin luggage. Seats were narrow, food was more in quantity, received cabin luggage on the luggage belt which was fine.

Bad. Flight was very uncomfortable with narrow and shallow seats, very little food and water. I will not fly etihad again.

Very bad service the way back we was on the way for r two days very bad condition and waiting for luggage till now

I was forcefully re-routed to another destination and was delayed a total of 8hours. I have still not received my bags, no one is taking responsibility. The agents at the airport lied to me that I will get to my destination same time as my previous flight where I was forcefully re-routed from.

Flight was delayed by 1.5hrs. Once inside, people had their small handbags on the storage. The crew (male guy) was not helpful in making some space in the storage. Instead, he asked few bags to be checked-in and it was not a great experience. No attempt to help but just followed the things with a straight face. People had their literally small bags and he wouldnt not move from one storage to another even if there was space and would not let us do i as well. Once flight was on, they ran out of Orange juice, really running out of orange juice when the temp were 32.degrees outside. didnt made the sense. Onasking for a extra snack, he made a face as if he was giving me out of his pocket. if the flight was delayed, there could have an attempt to provide something extra incase people did asked.

Our flight was canceled at the last minute. Someone on the flight said the exact same thing happened to her the day before. I will say they helped us book a flight on another airline so that we could still make our vacation with little delay.

United had no (zero) record of our flight. It took over an hour of us standing in line with surly employee while others waited to get resolved. I have never experienced such poor service and poor empathy.

We had a very long delay. First the inbound flight took a while, then maintenance, they “fixed it” to then do boarding and leave the gate, and waste a lot of time to have to go back to the gate and eventually deplane. Had to wait for a new aircraft, wait for a gate, and do the whole thing again. Instead of leaving at 9:50am we left until past 1. I could’ve not woken up at 5am, or spend some more time with my family if they gave more grace period of time between flights to give some time in case of any issues. But they have to make all and every dollar possible

Aircraft had technical issues. After 3 hours of trying to resolve, flight was cancelled. Was booked on a flight leaving 12 hours after intended departure. Now on 4 flights instead of 2 and a day late to my destination.

Abandoned me in hallway in a wheelchair… which I asked for because I sprained my back. After waiting in the hallway, I decided to walk the rest of the way since someone respecting me up.. My experience with the united was totally the opposite. Wheelchair access, propped swift and save me a lot of grief. Air Canada totally disorganized.

I am very tall. All airline seats are a bit uncomfortable.

Bad experience boarding and flight got delayed didn’t make it to my next flight

The entertainment is pretty boring. There are no new movies or TV shows from February. The food is just ok on the Atlanta to Frankfurt leg, but better on the Fra to Bengaluru leg.

We had almost a 6 hr delay, primarily due to weather, the e problem was that they communicated this delay and its length very poorly. The boarding was chaotic - even though they had hours to figure it out! The plane was an old 747 whose touch screens barely worked and there was a faulty USB port under my seat rest (something that wasn't labeled as being there) They organized my delayed luggage well. And I could get updates on the Lufthansa website. My shirt connecting flight charged for everything except water. Coffee was over 3€

We were charged for luggage, and our ticket was with Lufthansa and was supposed to include luggage fees. So our experience was a bit bad. Also, the flight was about 45 minutes late arriving.

Flight was great only departure was delayed to saome ground crew issues

It was freezing. I asked crew member for a blanket and was told it might be in front of plane but I never got one. I turned off all the vents but still froze.

Cheapest airlines I have ever been on. I got downgraded and never got on united. I got rerouted through Vancouver onto jetwesf

Flight was 1.5 hours late to depart so changed flights to Swiss Air.

Flight LH760 from Germany to New Delhi, the food was excellent, the crew was fantastic, the seats in economy are usually tight these days, so I can say that the seats were Ok, the entertainment was OK because for some reason the sound is not very clear, overall I enjoyed this flight, compared to the flight (UA 962) I took with united from San Francisco to Frankfurt in this trip, that flight was horrible. Thank you Lufthansa.

The crew was exceptionally polite and caring. The plane was comfortable. Great experience. Will fly more on Air India because of this experience.

The United Airlines crew that operated this flight was subpar. They didn’t

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