Route · SHA → TSA
Flights from Shanghai to Taipei
The 683-kilometre hop from Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) to Taipei Songshan (TSA) is one of East Asia's more politically loaded short-hauls, covering the Taiwan Strait in a typical block time of just under 80 minutes and linking two of the region's busiest urban airports in a city-centre-to-city-centre pairing that bypasses the larger hub airports entirely. EVA Air and China Airlines handle the bulk of seats and generally operate narrowbody equipment such as the A321 or 737-series on the crossing, while Air China and Shanghai Airlines add meaningful frequency. The practical note worth flagging is the visa context: most foreign passport holders transiting or arriving in Taiwan require no visa for short stays, but travellers holding certain nationalities may need to verify cross-strait permit requirements if routing onward into mainland China. Fares tend to soften noticeably in January and February outside Chinese New Year, while midweek departures often yield better availability than the heavily booked Friday and Sunday evening banks.
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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) → Taipei (TSA). 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 Shanghai–Taipei 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 Taipei
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Taipei — 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… TSA, 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.