Cheapest€158.26
- Air China AC468217:053h 7m20:12Xining XNNShanghai SHA
Door to door 6h 17mCO2 484.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Xining to Shanghai flight
Flights from Xining to Shanghai start at €188.94 and take 6h 3m at their fastest.
The Flights from Xining to Shanghai starts at €188.94 and takes 6h 3m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,968 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 3mDoor to door
- 2h 53mMoving
- €188.94From
- 484.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€175.96
- Shanghai Airlines SA301506:252h 53m09:18Xining XNNShanghai PVG
Door to door 6h 3mCO2 484.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Air China | €158.26 |
| Shanghai Airlines | €162.98 |
| Juneyao Airlines | €164.16 |
| China Eastern Airlines | €162.98 |
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Where to stay in Shanghai
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Xining to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €165.9390 days
- €123.4560 days
- €148.2345 days
- €159.4430 days
- €194.8421 days
- €210.1814 days
- €251.487 days
- €271.543 days
- €350.011 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €123.45.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 184 percent. The most expensive point is €350.01, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €221.98Sun
- €191.30Mon
- €188.94Tue
- €198.38Wed
- €210.18Thu
- €233.19Fri
- €237.32Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Xining
Air
- XNN
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,968 km against 1,910 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 Xining at 06:25 and the last at 19:56, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xining to Shanghai
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 Shanghai take?
The Flight from Xining to Shanghai takes 6h 3m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 1,968 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 Shanghai cost?
The Flight from Xining to Shanghai starts at €188.94 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €193.07. 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 Shanghai?
4 operators run the Flight from Xining to Shanghai: Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 24 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 Shanghai use?
The Flight from Xining to Shanghai leaves from Xining XNN and arrives at Shanghai PVG. 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 Shanghai?
Fares for the Flight from Xining to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €123.45. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Xining to Shanghai produce?
The Flight from Xining to Shanghai produces about 484.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1968 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 Shanghai on September 10, 2026: 1968 km of route against 1910 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €188.94, and 6h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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