Route · SHA → SZX
Flights from Shanghai to Shenzhen
The 1,209-kilometre hop from Shanghai to Shenzhen sits comfortably in the upper tier of China's high-frequency domestic corridors, with a typical block time of around one hour and fifty-three minutes across what is effectively a north-to-south run down the eastern seaboard. Five carriers share the route — Air China, China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines — operating predominantly narrow-body Airbus A320-family and Boeing 737 equipment, with China Southern occasionally slotting in wider metal on busier departures. A practical note worth flagging: most Shanghai departures operate from Hongqiao (SHA) rather than Pudong, placing them in a more convenient part of the city but feeding into Hongqiao's consistently tight connection windows, so allow at least ninety minutes if you're transferring onward. On the fare side, midweek departures typically undercut weekend pricing noticeably, and capacity tends to loosen — and yields soften — during the quieter weeks of November and early December before the Lunar New Year surge tightens everything again.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Shanghai–Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Shenzhen — 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… SZX, 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.