There are 8 ways to get from England to Shanghai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
14h¥2,688–7,620Fly Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MAN - SHA
17h 4m¥1,738–8,570Fly London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LHR - PVG
14h 34m¥2,368–9,920Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LGW - PVG
14h 57m¥2,783–6,820Fly London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LHR - SHA
16h 22m¥2,818–11,370Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LGW - SHA
16h 35m¥2,333–7,770Fly London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane LHR - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
17h 44m¥3,640–7,451Fly London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane LHR - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
19h¥4,303–8,510
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from England to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥2300 - ¥10000 and takes 14h 34m.
The fastest way to get from England to Shanghai is to fly which takes 14h and costs ¥2600 - ¥8000.
The distance between England and Shanghai is 9238 km.
It takes approximately 14h to get from England to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of England. It is currently 10:19 PM in England and 6:19 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1669+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between England and Shanghai, China?
Juneyao Airlines, Hainan, and two other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–10,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,500
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–8,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,000
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–240
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–250
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥56–100
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥70–100
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