St.-denis (RUN) → Madras (MAA)
A reference for the Roland Garros Airport to Chennai International Airport route. You'll find the operators on file, the great-circle geometry, the connecting options if no nonstop fits your dates, and a short profile of each endpoint airport.
The flight from St.-denis (RUN) to Madras (MAA) covers a great-circle distance of roughly 4,631 km (2,878 miles). Aircraft leave Roland Garros Airport on an initial northeast heading. As international sectors go, this one sits in the extended long-haul bracket: long enough that most carriers run it as its own dedicated rotation, but short enough to fit inside a single crew duty period.
Air Austral is the only carrier filing a scheduled RUN to MAA service in the dataset. Single-operator routes like this usually reflect a focus-city or hub-spoke relationship, or a market that's big enough to support one dedicated daily but not big enough to attract a second entrant yet.
Operators on the RUN → MAA direction
Carriers with at least one scheduled rotation on this sector in the OpenFlights dataset, ranked by the number of code-shared filings.
Sectors this long are almost always flown by widebodies with extra fuel tankage. The 787-9, A350-900, and 777 family are the regulars on routes like this. Block time runs about 6h 11m, with two meal services, a long sleep cycle, and (on premium fares) lie-flat seating that's now the industry default for journeys this long.
No obvious one-stop hubs appear on both ends of the network for this pair. Usually that means either the destination is a small spoke airport, or the only realistic itineraries route through a global super-hub well outside the region. The sections below point to the strongest candidates on each side.
This is an international sector between Reunion and India. Build in time for passport validity, possible visa requirements, and the time-zone gap between St.-denis and Madras. International itineraries are quoted in local time at each end, so a "midnight" departure in St.-denis typically lands the next morning in Madras. Customs clearance happens on first arrival in the destination country.
On the day of operation, the RUN to MAA direction lifts off heading northeast, then the great-circle track curves to compensate for the Earth's rotation. The return MAA to RUN sector heads southwest out of the gate, with 1 operators on file for the inbound side. Combine the two operator lists for a full picture of the city pair's competitive landscape.
Endpoints
Other routes from St.-denis (RUN)
Other destinations served from the same origin. Handy for combining trips or for finding an alternate first leg.
Other routes into Madras (MAA)
Other origins that already file scheduled service into the destination airport.
Reading this route page
The operator list reflects scheduled-route filings in the OpenFlights dataset, not real-time availability. A carrier appearing here publishes a scheduled service on this sector. It isn't a live timetable, and the actual flight numbers, frequencies, and aircraft types shift season to season. For booking and current schedules, cross-reference the airline page above with the carrier's own website.
Distance here is the great-circle arc between the two airports' published coordinates. Real flight tracks wander off that line because of wind, ATC routings, oceanic crossings, and political airspace constraints. Block time is an estimate covering ground taxi, climb, cruise at typical jet speeds, and descent. Real block times shift with aircraft type, weather, and traffic, so treat the stat-strip number as a planning indicator rather than a published flight time.