Route · ICN → PVG
Flights from Seoul to Shanghai
The 820-kilometre hop between Seoul Incheon and Shanghai Pudong sits among the busiest short-haul corridors in Northeast Asia, covering the distance in roughly an hour and a half block time, making it a practical same-day-return option for business travellers. Korean Air and Asiana hold the strongest frequency from the Korean side, typically deploying narrowbodies such as the Boeing 737 or Airbus A321, while China Southern and Shanghai Airlines cover the Chinese end with similar equipment. A practical note worth flagging: arriving flights land at Pudong's Terminal 1, but connections onward with certain domestic carriers may require a terminal change, so allow at least two hours if you're transiting rather than exiting. On fares, midweek departures — particularly Tuesday and Wednesday — tend to be softer than the Monday and Friday business rush, and shoulder periods in late January after Chinese New Year crowds thin out often offer the most competitive economy pricing.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Seoul (ICN) → Shanghai (PVG). 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
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Seoul–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 Seoul to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Seoul 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 ICN and… PVG, 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.