Route · PEK → SHA
Flights from Beijing to Shanghai
The 1,076-kilometre hop between Beijing Capital (PEK) and Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) is one of China's busiest domestic corridors, with a typical block time of around one hour and forty-four minutes and departure banks running from early morning until late evening. Air China and China Eastern effectively dominate the route on narrow-body Airbus A320-family jets, though China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines add meaningful frequency. A practical note worth knowing: most flights on this pairing serve Shanghai Hongqiao rather than Pudong, which places you considerably closer to central Shanghai and directly above the high-speed rail hub — useful if you're continuing west or south. Fares tend to soften noticeably during the post-Golden Week lull in late October and again in February after the Spring Festival rush, while business-class seats on Air China and China Eastern often sell at relatively modest premiums given the short stage length.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Beijing (PEK) → 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
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Beijing–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 Beijing to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Beijing 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 PEK 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.