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Book Cheap Shanghai Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Shanghai that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals to Shanghai

Tue, Sep 1 - Thu, Sep 10
Air China Logo
8:05 pm - 10:00 am
RUH
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SHA
32h 55m
1 stop
Air China Logo
1:55 pm - 8:55 pm
SHA
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RUH
36h 00m
1 stop
1,788 ﷼Air China
Thu, Nov 19 - Sun, Nov 29
China Eastern Logo
9:10 pm - 11:50 am
RUH
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PVG
9h 40mnonstop
China Eastern Logo
12:05 pm - 7:10 pm
PVG
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RUH
12h 05mnonstop
1,947 ﷼China Eastern
Thu, Nov 19 - Fri, Nov 27
Gulf Air Logo
6:00 am - 11:55 am
JED
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PVG
24h 55m
1 stop
Gulf Air Logo
4:30 pm - 8:35 pm
PVG
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JED
33h 05m
1 stop
2,171 ﷼Gulf Air
Fri, Dec 11 - Fri, Dec 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 8:20 pm
RUH
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PVG
21h 55m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:45 pm - 10:15 pm
PVG
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RUH
37h 30m
1 stop
2,223 ﷼Multiple Airlines
Sat, Nov 28 - Wed, Dec 2
Gulf Air Logo
4:10 pm - 4:00 pm
JED
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PVG
18h 50m
1 stop
Gulf Air Logo
4:30 pm - 4:10 am
PVG
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JED
16h 40m
1 stop
2,263 ﷼Gulf Air
Wed, Nov 25 - Sun, Nov 29
China Eastern Logo
9:10 pm - 11:50 am
RUH
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PVG
9h 40mnonstop
China Eastern Logo
12:05 pm - 7:10 pm
PVG
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RUH
12h 05mnonstop
2,289 ﷼China Eastern
Wed, Nov 18 - Sun, Nov 29
China Southern Logo
12:05 am - 5:25 pm
RUH
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SHA
12h 20m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
8:50 pm - 10:05 pm
SHA
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RUH
30h 15m
1 stop
2,580 ﷼China Southern
Mon, Dec 7 - Sun, Dec 20
China Southern Logo
12:05 am - 7:20 pm
RUH
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SHA
14h 15m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
8:50 pm - 10:05 pm
SHA
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RUH
30h 15m
1 stop
2,580 ﷼China Southern
Tue, Aug 25 - Mon, Aug 31
Qatar Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 9:50 pm
JED
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PVG
24h 10m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 am - 3:10 pm
PVG
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JED
19h 35m
1 stop
2,609 ﷼Qatar Airways
Tue, Aug 25 - Mon, Aug 31
Qatar Airways Logo
8:40 pm - 9:50 pm
RUH
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PVG
20h 10m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 am - 1:30 pm
PVG
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RUH
17h 55m
1 stop
2,664 ﷼Qatar Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Shanghai

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Shanghai to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Shanghai?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

The cheapest ticket to Shanghai from Saudi Arabia found in the last 5 days was to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport, at 2,777 ﷼ round-trip. The most popular route is Riyadh (RUH) to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was 2,777 ﷼.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai is July, when tickets cost 817 ﷼ (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is 2,605 ﷼ and 1,630 ﷼ respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Shanghai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 22% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 20% lower on average.

FAQs - booking Shanghai flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Shanghai?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Shanghai is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as 2,131 ﷼. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are 3,654 ﷼ on average.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Shanghai

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Shanghai? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Shanghai for the following prices or less: From Riyadh 3,096 ﷼
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Shanghai flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Shanghai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Saudi Arabia to Shanghai? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.6
Cathay PacificOverall score based on 1433 reviews
7.3Food
8.1Crew
7.9Boarding
7.5Comfort
7.7Entertainment
Airline reviews

Everything was good; they still provided a sandwich snack. Good crew

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
HKG - CAN
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Everything was good; they still provided a sandwich snack. Good crew

The legroom in economy on an A321 is wholly inadequate for a 6’3” man. Deeply dissatisfied.

Frequently flyer number should and could have been put on at the time of booking as I gave the number when booking.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

The flight attendants were very helpful, efficient and courteous in helping everyone!

Crew on this flight dedicate their business class service to their high priority members. They would get priority service even the seats are behind me, and meals priority service and orders. I get the left over choices. I refused to eat because I felt discriminated, never booking this airline.

They ran out of food and were offering random food to passengers.

Everything was fine and I have no complaints or things to note.

My sister and I were booked on flight CX844 from Hong Kong to New York, following a layover from Hangzhou. The scheduled layover was already over 7 hours, and the flight to New York was set to depart at 2:00 AM. At 11:00 PM, I was informed that the flight was delayed until 6:45 AM, significantly extending an already lengthy layover. I spoke with a representative to inquire about rescheduling or hotel accommodation, but she rudely insisted that company policy only offered a $150 food voucher, which was unhelpful as I had already eaten and most places were closing. She refused any alternative support or access to the Cathay Pacific lounge to make my wait more bearable. As a loyal Cathay Pacific customer, flying with the airline every year, I was deeply frustrated not only by the delay but by the poor service and unprofessional attitude I encountered. I believe this situation could have been handled with more care and flexibility.

The employees are very nice and good. The delay due to the aircraft is not a good thing. Planning for such problems should be an easy task.

When we checked in at the Siem Reap Airport in Cambodia, we were only given three boarding passes and told that we would have to check in with American when we arrived in Boston. This was a source of stress for us. After we landed in Boston, we had a long passage from Terminal E to Terminal B (American Airline ticketing counter). Because the electronic ticketing kiosks for check-in would not recognize our Confirmation Code, we had to wait for an hour in a long line where only two AA reps were taking care of Special Services passengers. In many years of both business and recreational travel, I have never had this experience. I would expect more from AA being in partnership with other airlines to do a better job with this.

The American/Hollywood movies in the entertainment system lack english subtitles, they tend to have only arabic subtitles. Coupled with the low quality airplane earphones and cabin noise, it sometimes is difficult to follow the movie dialogues.

There was frequent beverage ,meal and snack service. The crew was very hospitable and professional.

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

It was the terrific, I was promoted to businessman class, and the service was amazing.

Very bad. We booked 8 months in advance for 2 people but couldn’t get seats together. Food was so bad I couldn’t even eat.

Luggage handling was very very bad. Damaged my new Calvin Klein bag and delayed another. Still did not get it since 2 days. Worst airlines and service.

This flight was packed and undercrewd! Service cart cam by twice on a 14 hour flight

The seats did not have foot rest. If there is no foot rest you can’t sleep.

We were taking the flight MU 8649 from Shanghai to Osaka and the original boarding gate was 20 and we didn’t receive any notification or broadcast about gate changes, and by the time we missed the original boarding time we check thr electric board and realized the gate was changed to 208 Also the flight was delayed by almost an hour and the crew member didn’t provide any explanation, after we finally boarded the aircraft was very hot, the crew member told me the air conditioning was not working and tried to calm passages down by offering iced water, all of us sat in the aircraft for another 40 mins before it finally took off

Seats not comfortable. We had requested vegan meal and it wasn’t given.

I was denied boarding at the Brisbane airport and it seems like I won’t get any refunds from the airline

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

It was just fine. The sirlines did live up fully to my expectation.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

2 parts to the journey. First leg covered in a newer plane with decent staff + POOR FOOD QUALITY but the second half didn’t leave a positive impression at all as the plane itself was an older built and the crew didn’t serve properly. Language is an issue with China Eastern flights as always, but unmotivated crew just makes it even bad.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Reasonable. What they offer during the flight is not great, but the crew is polite and try to compensate it.

Pretty much what you'd expect for an economy flight. The crew were excellent as usual. The food was ok, but nothing special.

Staff is rude and condescending. Airline is badly managed. They take away their flimsy earphones and blankets one hour before the lading. I’ve never experienced this with any other airline. It’s a very portly managed and run airline that should be avoided.

The boarding was late. The check-in board said boarding closed but the boarding hadn't even started. I have spine issue but not eligible for wheelchair since I can walk. But we were taken to a plane with stairs to climb. I requested support with the handcarry and was told that I shouldn't have booked this flight without wheelchair. Instead this information should be public if this plane has sky bridge or stairs. The infotainment system did not work either. And the plane was very loud with very less legroom in economy.

Very poor experience, passengers and were not social and started a troubled with other passengers and a fight erupted

Had to discuss more than 15 min regarding wheelchair they gave only at the start location. No food serv in 1 st flight. Considering flight started at 10:00 pm so had to starve for dinner. Checkin screw was polite. Food in 2 nd and 3 rd flights was not good. It was too cold in the flights. Had to ask for blankets. Missed quality all thru, though the fare was on higher side

Food could have been better Entertainment was absent even in Business Class

The drinks should come before food. Unable to have any fluid unless after food. Thanks

The entertainment on board was really poor. The map doesn’t give enough information and the movies have arabic subtitles, you can’t choose. The stuff wasn’t very friendly and the breakfast really poor. The food must not be spicy! They didn’t have enough drinks.

Few people on the plane - Was great! The plane was late to board and over an hour late to arrive. They said it was airport control. How can these things not be booked it advance? Very frustrating!

The flight was a transit and I had my boarding pass from the departure. I have talked to the check in person to set me up close to my family seats and ended up with my wife in one seat, 3 years old son in different seat and myself on different seat. very disappointing and overwhelming.

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