There are 8 ways to get from London to Shantou by plane or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport (SWA)plane LHR - SWA
18h 6m¥2,814–8,309Train to Luton Airport, fly to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane LTN - XMN
- Take the train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshantrain
22h 23m¥2,600–8,525Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport (SWA)plane LGW - SWA
18h 49m¥2,642–9,796Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane LGW - XMN
- Take the train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshantrain
19h 38m¥2,948–10,496Fly London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane LHR - XMN
- Take the train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshantrain
19h 5m¥3,220–9,509Fly London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane LHR - SZX
- Take the train from Shenzhen North to Chaoshan Stationtrain
18h 33m¥3,429–8,548Fly London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane LCY - XMN
- Take the train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshantrain
19h 9m¥3,646–12,254Fly London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)plane LHR - CAN
- Take the train from Guangzhou East to Chaoshan Stationtrain
19h 35m¥2,957–8,125
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport (SWA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Shantou is to fly and train which costs ¥2900 - ¥8500 and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from London to Shantou is to fly which takes 18h 6m and costs ¥2800 - ¥8500.
The distance between London and Shantou is 9722 km.
It takes approximately 18h 6m to get from London to Shantou, including transfers.
Shantou is 7h ahead of London. It is currently 6:03 AM in London and 1:03 PM in Shantou.
There are 56+ hotels available in Shantou.
What companies run services between London, England and Shantou, China?
Hainan, Air China, and three other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport (SWA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–16,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–14,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–16,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–16,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–17,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–17,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–17,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–23,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–22,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–4,900
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–16,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–15,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–14,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–14,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–12,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–13,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–14,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–14,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–15,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–15,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–15,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–20,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–13,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–18,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–13,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–12,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Budapest, Ningbo Lishe
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–24,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–11,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–23,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–22,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–12,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–12,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
Flights from London City Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–23,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–14,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–240
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–280
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
Train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85–170
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–120
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥110–170
Train from Shenzhen North to Chaoshan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥110–230
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥110–160
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥160–230
Train from Guangzhou East to Chaoshan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥140–310
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥140–200
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥220–310
Train from Xiamen North Station to Chaoshan
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥95–105
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥150–170
- Business Class Seat
- ¥220–310
Train from Shenzhen North to Chaoshan Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥130–150
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥220–250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥320–450
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥130–260
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–200
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
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