Route · SHA → HKG
Flights from Shanghai to Hong Kong
The 1,230-kilometre hop from Shanghai Pudong or Hongqiao to Hong Kong International sits squarely in the short-haul tier of intra-China aviation, with a typical block time of under two hours that makes it a genuine business-day commuter run. Shanghai Airlines operates the route under its FM code as part of the China Eastern family, often deploying narrow-body Airbus A320-series aircraft, while Hong Kong Airlines brings its own A320 fleet on the HX side. A practical note worth flagging: although Hong Kong operates on the same UTC+8 time zone as Shanghai, visitors holding mainland Chinese passports still require a valid travel document for entry as a separate customs and immigration territory, so factor in extra clearance time at HKIA. Fare-wise, seats tend to soften in January and mid-summer outside Golden Week windows, while midweek departures frequently undercut Friday and Sunday pricing on both economy and the occasionally worthwhile business-cabin upgrades.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Shanghai (SHA) → Hong Kong (HKG). 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 Shanghai–Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Hong Kong — 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 SHA and… HKG, 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.