Cheapest€614.33
- Air China AC405718:0211h 44m00:46Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVGİstanbul Airport IST
Door to door 14h 54mCO2 2410.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Istanbul flight
Flights from Shanghai to Istanbul start at €614.33 and take 14h 9m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Shanghai to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Shanghai to Istanbul starts at €614.33 and takes 14h 9m door to door, run by 2 operators over 8,226 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 14h 9mDoor to door
- 10h 59mMoving
- €771.86 to €1,437.38From
- 06:15 to 18:12First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 2410.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€771.86 to €1,437.38 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,437.38Mon21
- about €1,168.93Tue22
- about €1,227.34Wed23
- about €1,337.67Thu24
- about €1,167.75Fri25
- about €1,286.93Sat26
- about €1,181.91Sun27
- about €774.81Mon28
- about €771.86Tue29
- about €823.78Wed30
- about €943.55Thu1
- about €914.05Fri2
- about €894.58Sat3
- about €911.10Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€862.13
- Air China AC202410:2810h 59m16:27Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVGİstanbul Airport IST
Door to door 14h 9mCO2 2410.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Air China | €614.33 | 13h 54m |
 Turkish Airlines | €631.44 | 13h 53m |
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When to book Shanghai to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €800.1890 days
- €675.1060 days
- €515.8045 days
- €525.2430 days
- €704.0121 days
- €911.1014 days
- €1,181.917 days
- €1,227.343 days
- €1,437.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €515.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €1,437.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €911.10Sun
- €774.81Mon
- €771.86Tue
- €823.78Wed
- €943.55Thu
- €914.05Fri
- €894.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Istanbul
Air
- IST
- SAW
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 8,226 km against 7,987 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 Almaty, Bishkek, Ürümqi, Tashkent. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Shanghai at 06:15 and the last at 18:12, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shanghai to Istanbul
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Shanghai to Istanbul take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul takes 14h 9m door to door, of which 10h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 8,226 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 Shanghai to Istanbul cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul starts at €614.33 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €687.20. 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 Shanghai to Istanbul?
2 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul: Air China, Turkish Airlines. Between them they file around 12 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 Shanghai to Istanbul use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul leaves from Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG and arrives at İstanbul Airport IST. 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 Shanghai to Istanbul?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €515.80. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul produces about 2410.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8226 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Istanbul on September 20, 2026: 8226 km of route against 7987 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €614.33, and 14h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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