Route · TAO → SHA
Flights from Qingdao to Shanghai
The 571-kilometre hop between Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport and Shanghai — split between Hongqiao (SHA) and Pudong (PVG) depending on the carrier — is one of the busier short-haul corridors in eastern China, with a typical block time of just under seventy minutes. Air China, China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Shandong Airlines collectively maintain a dense schedule, operating predominantly narrow-body jets such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family. A practical point worth noting: confirm which Shanghai airport your ticket uses, since Hongqiao sits inside the metro ring and is considerably faster to reach from central Shanghai than Pudong. Fares on this domestic route tend to soften during the shoulder months of spring and autumn, while mid-week departures often yield better availability; with competition this thick, economy seats are frequently discounted, though advance booking around Golden Week remains advisable.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Qingdao (TAO) → 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 Qingdao–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 Qingdao to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Qingdao 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 TAO 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.