Route · PVG → ICN
Flights from Shanghai to Seoul
The 820-kilometre hop between Shanghai Pudong and Seoul Incheon is one of the busiest short-haul corridors in Northeast Asia, typically completed in under an hour and a half of block time, making it a natural choice for both business day-trippers and leisure travellers connecting deeper into each country's network. China Southern and Shanghai Airlines cover the Chinese side of the schedule, with Korean Air and Asiana handling the South Korean operation, and the route is served predominantly by narrowbody jets — expect Airbus A320-family aircraft on most departures. A practical note worth flagging: Incheon's excellent transit setup means the airport functions as a genuine hub, so passengers continuing onward to Japanese or Southeast Asian destinations often find competitive itineraries routing through here. On the fare side, shoulder-season windows around late January and late October tend to offer the softest pricing, while midweek departures often undercut weekend flights that fill quickly with package-tour groups.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Shanghai (PVG) → Seoul (ICN). 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 Shanghai–Seoul 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 Shanghai to Seoul
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Seoul — 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 PVG and… ICN, 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.