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Cheapest round-trip
C$ 1,019
Typical prices: C$ 1,133-C$ 955
China Southern
Tue 8/9Tue 22/9
YVR - SHA • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
C$ 1,061
Typical prices: C$ 1,338-C$ 1,131
Air Canada
Wed 16/9Tue 6/10
YVR - PVG • Direct
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Cheap Flights to Shanghai

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Shanghai 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 to Shanghai

Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
China Southern Logo
12:35 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
YVR
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SHA
19h 45m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
2:50 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
SHA
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YVR
21h 55m
1 stop
C$ 1,019China Southern
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
China Southern Logo
12:35 a.m. - 12:20 a.m.
YVR
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PVG
32h 45m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
6:55 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
PVG
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YVR
29h 50m
1 stop
C$ 1,019China Southern
Wed, 23 Sep - Mon, 30 Nov
Air Canada Logo
10:50 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
YVR
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PVG
12h 15mdirect
Air Canada Logo
5:35 p.m. - 11:50 a.m.
PVG
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YVR
10h 15mdirect
C$ 1,062Air Canada
Thu, 1 Oct - Wed, 11 Nov
Air Canada Logo
10:50 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
YVR
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PVG
12h 15mdirect
Air Canada Logo
5:35 p.m. - 11:50 a.m.
PVG
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YVR
10h 15mdirect
C$ 1,068Air Canada
Wed, 30 Sep - Mon, 30 Nov
ANA Logo
5:25 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
YVR
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SHA
51h 50m
2 stops
ANA Logo
1:40 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
SHA
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YVR
16h 05m
1 stop
C$ 1,138ANA
Wed, 30 Sep - Wed, 11 Nov
ANA Logo
5:25 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
YVR
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SHA
51h 50m
2 stops
ANA Logo
1:40 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
SHA
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YVR
16h 05m
1 stop
C$ 1,139ANA
Thu, 24 Sep - Fri, 16 Oct
Korean Air Logo
12:30 p.m. - 8:10 p.m.
YYZ
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PVG
19h 40m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
11:10 a.m. - 1:05 a.m.
PVG
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YYZ
25h 55m
2 stops
C$ 1,567Korean Air
Fri, 2 Oct - Wed, 2 Dec
Korean Air Logo
12:30 p.m. - 9:40 a.m.
YYZ
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PVG
33h 10m
1 stop
Korean Air Logo
2:00 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.
PVG
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YYZ
20h 55m
2 stops
C$ 1,568Korean Air
Tue, 21 Apr - Tue, 12 May
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
7:15 a.m. - 9:55 p.m.
YYZ
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PVG
50h 40m
2 stops
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
11:55 a.m. - 6:10 a.m.
PVG
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YYZ
30h 15m
2 stops
C$ 1,580Hong Kong Airlines
Tue, 19 May - Tue, 16 Jun
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
8:15 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.
YYZ
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PVG
43h 25m
2 stops
Hong Kong Airlines Logo
4:55 p.m. - 1:05 a.m.
PVG
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YYZ
44h 10m
2 stops
C$ 1,584Hong Kong Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Shanghai

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Shanghai?

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

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Shanghai is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as C$ 1,337. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are C$ 1,659 on average.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Shanghai?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Shanghai depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Shanghai is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost C$ 1,640 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Shanghai is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is C$ 2,044.

What is a good deal for flights to Shanghai?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Shanghai, 25% of our users found tickets to Shanghai for the following prices or less: From Vancouver Intl Airport C$ 1,101 round-trip, from Toronto Pearson Intl Airport C$ 1,648 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Shanghai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Shanghai, 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, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Shanghai?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Shanghai is Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport (SHA), with an average flight price of C$ 217.

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Flight from Vancouver to Shanghai Hongqiao Intl

When to book flights to Shanghai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Shanghai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Shanghai based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Shanghai flights

  • Which Shanghai Airport is closest to the city center?

    Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is closest to the city. It is situated close to Hongqiao town and lies only 13 km west of Downtown Shanghai. On the other hand, Shanghai Pudong International Airport is 40 km away from the city center but also provides good access to Downtown Shanghai.

  • Should I fly to Pudong International Airport or Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport?

    Shanghai Hongqiao International is closer to the city center, cheaper, and has quicker access to hotels and most traditional attractions in the city if you're short on time. On the other hand, Pudong International Airport is more convenient for transfers from and to international flights, and you can also enjoy the Maglev train experience.

  • Can I store my luggage at Pudong International Airport?

    Yes, you can. Whether you have a layover or do not wish to proceed with your luggage from the airport, the airport has you covered. Secure luggage storage is available at the airport. You are required to present a valid ID and a boarding pass or flight ticket to get storage services. The payment rates depend on the size of your baggage and the storage duration.

  • What are the transportation options from Pudong International Airport to the city center?

    The airport shuttle bus is a handy mode of transportation to the city center. The bus may be boarded at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Also, the Maglev train is an experience you can't afford to miss. The train surges into the city and links the airport with the immense Underground Metro System of Shanghai. Moreover, you can access the city center via metro line 2, taxi, and car rental service.

  • Which Shanghai airport is closest to central Shanghai?

    The distance between Shanghai Hongqiao Intl and downtown Shanghai is 15 km, which makes it the closest of the 2 Shanghai airports airports. Shanghai Pudong Airport is 30 km away from the centre.

  • How much is a flight to Shanghai?

    On average, a flight to Shanghai costs C$ 1,194. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost C$ 533 and departed from Vancouver Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Shanghai?

    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 to Shanghai.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Shanghai?

    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 Shanghai with an airline and back with another airline.

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

    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 Shanghai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Shanghai

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Shanghai flight deals.
  • When you fly to Shanghai, you will likely land at Pudong International Airport (PVG). This airport is the primary international gateway to the city and a central hub for several airlines, such as China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Air China.
  • Another option for passengers looking to explore Shanghai is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), less than 20min from the city center. However, this airport mainly handles domestic flights as most international flights were shifted to Pudong International Airport since it began operations.
  • If you are flying to Pudong International Airport but won't be staying in Shanghai, there are convenient and reliable means of connecting to other cities. The airport provides long-distance bus services from the bus parking lot at Terminal 1 to other cities, including Wuxi, Zhangjiagang, Yiwu, Kunshan, Qingtian, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou.
  • If you are traveling with kids, Pudong International Airport features a children's park, ideal for keeping the little ones relaxed and entertained, especially during flight delays. The park is located at Terminal 2, right next to the gate.
  • If you are looking to change to local currency as soon as you land, Pudong International Airport has foreign currency counters available in both departure and arrival halls. You can also acquire local currency at the airport's on-site banks and ATMs.
  • If you wish to freshen up after a long flight, you can do so in one of the airport's lounges with showers, such as VIP Lounge in Terminal 2 or First-Class Lounge No. 37 in Terminal 1.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Shanghai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Canada to Shanghai. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1203 reviews
8.5Boarding
8.3Comfort
8.7Crew
8.2Entertainment
8.1Food
Airline reviews

Never had a flight delay issue with Korean Air, that's why I always go with this airline.

10.0 ExcellentOmer, Nov 2025
MNL - ICN
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Never had a flight delay issue with Korean Air, that's why I always go with this airline.

Flight crew was fantastic. The aircraft was meticulously cleaned at all times. The crew was continuously checking to see if the passengers were ok.

It’s great, long flight and arrive safe at destination

Korean are so racist and when I ask question or directions they totally ignore me and say racist. Also they give me an rude attitude.

They were trying to get people to check luggage because the over head compartments were full but when we boarded there were lots of empty places that people could have put the luggage.

I can't believe they put my wife and I in the two middle seats! It is a very long flight and we had single flyers on either side of us blocking the way to the bathroom! There's no reason to not give one of us the isle seat so we could have managed bathroom needs and snacks with convenience. So I think very poorly of Korean air to put us both in the middle, I've never had that happen before and will probably avoid this airline in the future because of this. We tried to have them change it but they didn't so you pretty much lost a customer because of it.

It was good, I liked the self-serve snacks but it was a little difficult to get the alcohol, which is understandable since I wouldn't want kids sneaking it.

One of the flight attendants stepped on my foot. I was on the aisle seat. A lady inside needed to get out. So Instood. Just then, a flight attentendant came wuicklybtheoughbthe aisle and stepprd on my sock covered toes. I let out a small sound. She stopped momentarily, but didn’t ask how I was just took off of the aisle. Never came back to see how I was. Fortunately, I was not really hurt other than a slight soreness in my toes. But I found that to be very negligent.

This flight was a superior flight in all regards. Extremely pleasant experience.

It's good overall. Flight was packed. Inflight entertainment choices were lacking.

The flight experience was good for a long flight over the pole, but it got my wife to the Far East in time.

Problems with entertainment system eventually rectified. Cabin crew attentive and polite but a bit absent minded when it came to remembering requests, salt, sugar etc.

Very bad Instead 22 hour it take me more that 35 hour to arrive from Los Angeles to Phuket and they changed my flight in Hong Kong to Shanghai china and in order to get my bag I was forced to vet china visa entrry

We flew economy light. We did not want to check bags and we had free 1 bag, but just had back packs with small personal item. Try as we may could only get bags down to 17lbs each. So we put 2 lbs from one bag into other and checked it. I think if someone has a checked bag allowance and chose not to use it , it would benefit both parties to bump carry on weight up to the next level of 22lbs or 10kgs. Just a thought.

I didn't have much experience with Cathay Pacific airlines because of delay and missed connections, the bulk of the trip was on Japan Airlines.

Vegetarian options should be included with every meal. Even just simple steamed vegetables and whole grains would capture a wide audience.

Few vegetarian food options. Incorporating one per meal service would be best and captures a wider audience than just vegetarians (individuals with religious meat restrictions can also eat vegetarian).

The bed was alright in business class. Food variety and quality were not up to the mark compared to the business class airfare.

one hour transit not good. cathay pacific is not helpful at all

Trip was fine. My only complaint was that when the passenger in front of me reclined her seat (which was, in essence, the whole flight except landing and take-off,) it was uncomfortably claustrophobic for me and very difficult for my husband to get in and out of his window seat. Also uncomfortable to watch the entertainment because the screen was right in your face.

Plane was good. But food was bad and air host was so rude. I will never fly with China Eastern again

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

The ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers. A BIG ISSUE FOR NON-CHINESE PASSENGERS IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IN ONLINE, by making so difficult or almost impossible there is no chance to get a seat assignment ahead of time then go to the airport and get what is left. THIS IS NOT a SKY TEAM modality.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

2 parts to the journey. First leg covered in a newer plane with decent staff + POOR FOOD QUALITY but the second half didn’t leave a positive impression at all as the plane itself was an older built and the crew didn’t serve properly. Language is an issue with China Eastern flights as always, but unmotivated crew just makes it even bad.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

After 3 hours of delays, they ended up cancelling my flight. And although I could purchase one-way tickets to get to my destination, they would not offer me these flights as compensation for the cancelled flight, and I didn't end up making it home until 13 hours after I was originally supposed to arrive. It made for an extremely strenuous end to an otherwise good trip.

The plane was very cramped to point there was no way not to touch person beside you and a stewardess screamed at my son when I touched her arm to get her attention to let her know she forgot to give him his dinner when she passed him and gave a dinner to passenger behind him. Very inappropriate response and She never came back to apologize and other stewardess said she was sorry “if I felt” she was inappropriate. Horrible experience and she should be reprimanded for her behavior

After waiting in the airport from 7am (to make sure we had enough time for security), our flight was continually delayed until it was canceled. They tried to book us on a Delta flight, which we considered and even went to the Delta terminal with our luggage (which was stowed and then available once the flight was canceled (about 15 min away) but were then informed that we would need to retrieve our luggage at LaGuardia and then recheck in to Air Canada in New York, grab our luggage, and then get to the air canada terminal and re-check in. We decided against it, took our luggage into an uber home and then drive the 6.5 hours (one way) to Montreal instead.

Be careful about the bad policy and when purchasing seats

It was great to have a vegetarian meal option, but departure was delayed because they had oversold the flight. Air Canada, you’re in charge of how many tickets are sold: don’t oversell!

Very disappointed with premier lounge. Food selection very poor, both coffee machines out of order. For the price you charge for an upgrade, the seats don’t fully recline, movie selection is old. Not very good value. Asian airlines are light years ahead at a more affordable price.

Boarded late then sat on the Tarmac for 90 minutes for no reason

The seat design in the premium economy section leaves virtually no room under the seat to store a bag or purse. Other than that, it was a great flight. Arrived early.

Delayed by 5+ hours and they give a voucher for only $20 CAD which isn’t even redeemable at any place with edible food. Then took almost an hour to clean craft after it landed. And nonsensical boarding delayed even further. We didn’t leave until 1:30am….

The flight was delayed, but not for weather. We landed over 3hrs later than planned.

Departure date of the ticket was ONE WEEK LATER than I purchased it for. Total failure on trying to get it reissued for the date I was to fly on. Will NOT use Kayak next time due to this screw up on Kayak's part..

On-time takeoff and arrival Cabin crew very helpful, especially the crew manager (I think) (young gentleman with glass)

I cannot check in online , and not able to select my seat

Watch for "bait and switch" - cheap prices, but not obvious at all at point of purchase that there will be an undisclosed charge for baggage - and less obvious that you will have to purchase baggage at an eye-watering level. Better still, if you go this airline, leave your gear behind and buy a complete wardrobe when you arrive in country and still be ahead. The staff were very pleasant, both at counter staff level - they were clearly unnerved by having to charge - and on board.

No entertainment service which equates them with budget airlines. But their fare are regular airline fares. Aircraft are old and seats are worn.

The crews at check in counter are not professional, they are talking and playing around. Also no entertainment on the plane

2 failed landing attemps before going to Nagoya airport for refueling. After 3 hours of taxiing, we still needed 3 attemps before a succeeded landing (after the 5th attempt finally!). In total, 11 hours inside the plane instead of 4h30, and with only a crappy piece of bread to feed us. A shame.

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