Route · HKG → SHA
Flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai
Connecting two of Greater China's most commercially vital cities across roughly 1,230 kilometres, the Hong Kong–Shanghai Hongqiao route clocks in at under two hours of flying time, making it one of the busiest short-haul corridors in the region. Shanghai Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines are the primary tracked carriers, typically operating narrow-body jets such as the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 family on this trunk route. A practical note worth flagging: most flights arrive at Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) rather than Pudong, which is notably more convenient for central Shanghai — metro Line 2 puts you downtown in around twenty minutes. Travellers holding non-Chinese passports should confirm visa requirements well in advance, as transit exemptions do not universally apply. Fares tend to soften during the late January shoulder around Lunar New Year travel and again in early autumn, while midweek departures often yield the most availability at reasonable prices.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Hong Kong (HKG) → Shanghai (SHA). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
2 carriersThe 2 carriers we currently track on the Hong Kong–Shanghai route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Hong Kong to Shanghai — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at HKG and… SHA, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.