Route · PVG → KIX
Flights from Shanghai to Osaka
The 1,307-kilometre hop from Shanghai Pudong to Osaka Kansai typically blocks around two hours, making it one of the busiest short-haul international corridors between China and Japan. Air China and Shanghai Airlines cover the route from the Chinese side, generally deploying narrowbodies such as the Airbus A320 family, while All Nippon Airways brings its characteristic service standards to the pairing and often operates similar single-aisle equipment. A practical note worth flagging: Kansai International sits on an artificial island accessed by the Haruka limited express or the faster Rapi:t to Namba, so budget at least 75 minutes from wheels-down to central Osaka — notably more ground time than arriving into Itami. On fares, shoulder periods in late January and early June tend to offer softer pricing before Golden Week and the summer travel surge respectively, while midweek departures typically undercut weekend flights by a meaningful margin.
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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) → Osaka (KIX). 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
3 carriersThe 3 carriers we currently track on the Shanghai–Osaka 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 Osaka
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Osaka — 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… KIX, 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.