Fastest€555.92
- SF Airlines SF186706:188h 54m15:12Shenzhen SZXAbu Dhabi AUH
Door to door 12h 4mCO2 920.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi flight
Flights from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi start at €590.73 and take 12h 4m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi starts at €590.73 and takes 12h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 6,221 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 12h 4mDoor to door
- 8h 54mMoving
- €590.73From
- 920.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€665.66
- Turkish Airlines TA180807:308h 25m15:55Shenzhen SZXDubai DXB
- Etihad Rail ER219317:081h18:08Dubai stationAbu Dhabi station
Changes at Dubai, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 12h 35mCO2 909.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Etihad Airways | €512.85 | 11h 25m |
 SF Airlines | €555.92 | 11h 24m |
The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Abu Dhabi
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When to book Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €581.2990 days
- €390.7260 days
- €358.9445 days
- €365.5430 days
- €561.8221 days
- €794.8714 days
- €1,044.447 days
- €922.313 days
- €1,225.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €358.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €1,225.74, 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.
- €723.48Sun
- €566.29Mon
- €617.28Tue
- €612.56Wed
- €954.76Thu
- €709.29Fri
- €794.87Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Shenzhen
Air
- SZX
Abu Dhabi
Air
- AUH
- AZI
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 6,221 km against 6,040 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 Delhi, Dubai, Hanoi, Guangzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Shenzhen at 06:08 and the last at 14:31, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi
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 Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi take?
The Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi takes 12h 4m door to door, of which 8h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 6,221 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 Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi cost?
The Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi starts at €590.73 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €612.56. 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 Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi?
2 operators run the Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways, SF Airlines. Between them they file around 7 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 Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi use?
The Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi leaves from Shenzhen SZX and arrives at Abu Dhabi AUH. 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 Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi?
Fares for the Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €358.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi produce?
The Flight from Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi produces about 920.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 6221 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shenzhen to Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2026: 6221 km of route against 6040 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €590.73, and 12h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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A car waiting when you land in Abu Dhabi
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