Route · SZX → SHA
Flights from Shenzhen to Shanghai
The 1,209-kilometre hop between Shenzhen Bao'an and Shanghai Hongqiao or Pudong is one of China's busiest domestic trunk routes, completing in a typical block time of around one hour and fifty-three minutes. Five carriers share the frequency: Air China, China Southern, Shenzhen Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, and Juneyao Airlines, operating predominantly Airbus A320-family and Boeing 737 narrowbodies, with occasional A321neos on busier departures. A practical note worth flagging is the two-airport split at the Shanghai end — most leisure-focused and low-cost-leaning options land at Pudong, while several Juneyao and Shanghai Airlines frequencies use Hongqiao, which sits considerably closer to downtown and connects directly to Metro Lines 2 and 10. On fare patterns, midweek departures on Tuesday and Wednesday typically offer the softest pricing, and January through early February aside, shoulder months like October and November often yield more competitive fares across all cabins.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Shenzhen (SZX) → Shanghai (SHA). 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 Shenzhen–Shanghai 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 Shenzhen to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shenzhen to Shanghai — 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 SZX and… SHA, 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.