Route · XIY → PVG
Flights from Xian to Shanghai
The 1,271-kilometre hop between Xi'an Xianyang International and Shanghai Pudong is one of China's busiest domestic corridors, with a typical block time of just under two hours making it a natural choice for both same-day business trips and connections onto Pudong's international banks. Air China, China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines all compete on the route, operating predominantly narrowbody jets — typically A320-family aircraft — which keeps frequencies high throughout the day. Arriving at Pudong rather than Hongqiao is worth planning around if your onward journey is within Shanghai, since the Maglev and metro into the city centre add meaningful transfer time; allow at least 90 minutes if you have a subsequent connection. Fares tend to soften noticeably during mid-January through early February outside the Spring Festival rush window, and midweek departures typically yield better availability than Friday and Sunday evenings, when business demand spikes sharply.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Xian (XIY) → Shanghai (PVG). 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 Xian–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 Xian to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Xian 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 XIY and… PVG, 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.