There are 7 ways to get from Inverness to Shanghai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane INV - SHA
23h 22m¥2,061–7,142Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane INV - PVG
20h 8m¥2,011–7,192Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ABZ - PVG
20h 40m¥2,216–7,628Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane GLA - PVG
21h 54m¥2,268–6,767Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane EDI - PVG
21h 29mTrain, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
21h 33m¥3,559–9,139Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane INV - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
23h 43m¥2,183–7,723
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2200 - ¥7000 and takes 21h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Shanghai is to fly which takes 20h 8m and costs ¥2000 - ¥7500.
The distance between Inverness and Shanghai is 8938 km.
It takes approximately 23h 22m to get from Inverness to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 12:21 PM in Inverness and 8:21 PM in Shanghai.
There are 1570+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Shanghai, China?
British Airways, China Southern Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via London Heathrow, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via London Heathrow, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–7,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via London Heathrow, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–7,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via London Heathrow, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via London Heathrow, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–7,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–9,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥260–600
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥260–340
- 1st Class
- ¥410–600
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥280–650
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥280–370
- 1st Class
- ¥450–650
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–290
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥130–180
- 1st Class
- ¥200–290
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥430–950
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥430–600
- 1st Class
- ¥650–950
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥650–950
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- ¥650–950
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- ¥850–1,200
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥550–750
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ¥1,900–2,100
- Sleeper Seat
- ¥550–750
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ¥2,200–2,600
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥370–900
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥370–550
- 1st Class
- ¥700–900
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
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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