Cheapest€745.90
- China Southern Airlines CS449706:3414h 3m20:37London STNShanghai PVG
Door to door 17h 13mCO2 1401.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
London to Shanghai flight
Flights from London to Shanghai start at €860.95 and take 15h 35m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Shanghai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from London to Shanghai starts at €860.95 and takes 15h 35m door to door, run by 5 operators over 9,472 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 15h 35mDoor to door
- 12h 25mMoving
- €860.95 to €1,596.09From
- 06:28 to 20:52First and last departure
- 40Per day
- 1401.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€860.95 to €1,596.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,596.09Mon14
- about €1,329.41Tue15
- about €1,430.30Wed16
- about €1,450.95Thu17
- about €1,355.96Fri18
- about €1,383.69Sat19
- about €1,332.36Sun20
- about €882.78Mon21
- about €860.95Tue22
- about €947.09Wed23
- about €1,198.43Thu24
- about €1,090.46Fri25
- about €1,108.16Sat26
- about €1,031.46Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Fastest€858.00
- Air China AC915014:2512h 25m02:50London LHRShanghai SHA
Door to door 15h 35mCO2 1401.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 British Airways | €746.49 | 15h 26m |
 Air China | €781.89 | 15h 26m |
| China Eastern Airlines | €748.85 | 15h 26m |
 Virgin Atlantic Airways | €755.34 | 15h 27m |
| China Southern Airlines | €745.90 | 15h 28m |
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When to book London to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €885.7390 days
- €753.5760 days
- €613.7445 days
- €573.6230 days
- €797.8221 days
- €1,031.4614 days
- €1,332.367 days
- €1,430.303 days
- €1,596.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €573.62.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €1,596.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €1,031.46Sun
- €882.78Mon
- €860.95Tue
- €947.09Wed
- €1,198.43Thu
- €1,090.46Fri
- €1,108.16Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Air
- LGW
- STN
- LHR
- LTN
- LCY
- SEN
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 9,472 km against 9,197 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves London at 06:28 and the last at 20:52, across 40 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about London to Shanghai
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 Shanghai take?
The Flight from London to Shanghai takes 15h 35m door to door, of which 12h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 9,472 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 Shanghai cost?
The Flight from London to Shanghai starts at €860.95 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €866.56. 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 Shanghai?
5 operators run the Flight from London to Shanghai: British Airways, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways, China Southern Airlines. Between them they file around 40 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 Shanghai use?
The Flight from London to Shanghai leaves from London LHR and arrives at Shanghai SHA. 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 Shanghai?
Fares for the Flight from London to Shanghai bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €573.62. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from London to Shanghai produce?
The Flight from London to Shanghai produces about 1401.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 9472 km, which works out at roughly 148 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for London to Shanghai on 13 September 2026: 9472 km of route against 9197 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €860.95, and 15h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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