Cheapest€120.50
- Xizang Airlines XA923914:102h 8m16:18Xining XNNLhasa LXA
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 318.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Xining to Lhasa flight
Flights from Xining to Lhasa start at €145.28 and take 5h 17m at their fastest.
The Flights from Xining to Lhasa starts at €145.28 and takes 5h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,296 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 5h 17mDoor to door
- 2h 7mMoving
- €145.28From
- 318.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€148.23
- Xizang Airlines XA575606:232h 7m08:30Xining XNNLhasa LXA
Door to door 5h 17mCO2 318.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€219.62
- China Eastern Airlines CE823807:3049m08:19Xining XNNMaqin County GMQ
- China Railway CR695609:088h 50m17:58Maqin County stationLhasa railway station
Changes at Maqin County, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 12h 25mCO2 108.4 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xizang Airlines | €120.50 | 5h 13m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Lhasa is not something we sell.
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When to book Xining to Lhasa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €104.5790 days
- €115.7860 days
- €111.6545 days
- €106.3430 days
- €120.5021 days
- €145.2814 days
- €150.007 days
- €219.033 days
- €262.101 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €104.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €262.10, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €166.52Sun
- €161.21Mon
- €154.72Tue
- €145.28Wed
- €217.85Thu
- €171.83Fri
- €173.60Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Xining
Air
- XNN
Lhasa
Air
- LXA
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,296 km against 1,258 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 Maqin County, Mianyang, Chengdu, Yushu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 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 Xining at 06:23 and the last at 14:10, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xining to Lhasa
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 Xining to Lhasa take?
The Flight from Xining to Lhasa takes 5h 17m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 1,296 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 Xining to Lhasa cost?
The Flight from Xining to Lhasa starts at €145.28 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €201.33. 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 Xining to Lhasa?
1 operators run the Flight from Xining to Lhasa: Xizang Airlines. Between them they file around 6 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 Xining to Lhasa use?
The Flight from Xining to Lhasa leaves from Xining XNN and arrives at Lhasa LXA. 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 Xining to Lhasa?
Fares for the Flight from Xining to Lhasa bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €104.57. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Xining to Lhasa produce?
The Flight from Xining to Lhasa produces about 318.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1296 km, which works out at roughly 246 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 Xining to Lhasa on September 9, 2026: 1296 km of route against 1258 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €145.28, and 5h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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