London to Beijing flight

Flights from London to Beijing start at €590.14 and take 14h 6m at their fastest.

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The Flights from London to Beijing starts at €590.14 and takes 14h 6m door to door, run by 3 operators over 8,384 km, with around 21 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 6mDoor to door
  • 10h 56mMoving
  • €706.96 to €1,951.86From
  • 06:20 to 20:14First and last departure
  • 21Per day
  • 2456.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€706.96 to €1,951.86 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,951.86Thu24
  2. about €1,466.88Fri25
  3. about €1,583.11Sat26
  4. about €1,145.33Sun27
  5. about €1,060.96Mon28
  6. about €951.22Tue29
  7. about €1,023.79Wed30
  8. about €983.67Thu1
  9. about €926.44Fri2
  10. about €903.43Sat3
  11. about €843.25Sun4
  12. about €720.53Mon5
  13. about €706.96Tue6
  14. about €764.19Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€590.14
  1. Air China AC611717:2011h 30m11:50London Heathrow Airport LHRBeijing Capital International Airport PEK

Door to door 14h 40mCO2 2456.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€844.43
  1. British Airways BA706812:0610h 56m06:02London Heathrow Airport LHRBeijing Capital International Airport PEK

Door to door 14h 6mCO2 2456.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€820.24
  1. Azur Air AA159607:308h 24m21:54London Heathrow Airport LHRKrasnoyarsk International Airport KJA
  2. Hainan Airlines HA873822:443h 49m03:33Krasnoyarsk International Airport KJABeijing Capital International Airport PEK

Changes at Krasnoyarsk, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 16h 13mCO2 2242.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
British Airways€617.87
Air China€590.14
Virgin Atlantic Airways€634.39
  • British Airways
  • Air China
  • Virgin Atlantic Airways

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A hotel room

A room in Beijing for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book London to Beijing

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €623.1890 days
  2. €577.1660 days
  3. €633.2145 days
  4. €632.0330 days
  5. €648.5521 days
  6. €764.1914 days
  7. €1,023.797 days
  8. €1,583.113 days
  9. €1,951.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €577.16.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 238 percent. The dearest point is €1,951.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €843.25Sun
  2. €720.53Mon
  3. €706.96Tue
  4. €764.19Wed
  5. €983.67Thu
  6. €926.44Fri
  7. €903.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

London

Air
  • LHR
  • LGW
  • STN
  • LTN
  • LCY
  • SEN

Beijing

Air
  • PEK
  • PKX
  • NAY
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
86% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 14% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 8,384 km against 8,140 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Krasnoyarsk, Vantaa, Stockholm. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves London at 06:20 and the last at 20:14, across 21 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about London to Beijing

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from London to Beijing take?

The Flight from London to Beijing takes 14h 6m door to door, of which 10h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 8,384 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from London to Beijing cost?

The Flight from London to Beijing starts at €590.14 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €745.90. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from London to Beijing?

3 operators run the Flight from London to Beijing: British Airways, Air China, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Between them they file around 21 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from London to Beijing use?

The Flight from London to Beijing leaves from London Heathrow Airport LHR and arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport PEK. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from London to Beijing?

Fares for the Flight from London to Beijing bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €577.16. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 238 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from London to Beijing produce?

The Flight from London to Beijing produces about 2456.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8384 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for London to Beijing on 23 September 2026: 8384 km of route against 8140 km in a straight line, 21 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €590.14, and 14h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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