There are 8 ways to get from Australia to Shanghai by plane or train
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Fly Perth Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane PER - SHA
14h 43m¥3,018–4,522Fly Adelaide Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ADL - PVG
13h 28m¥1,676–4,576Fly Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MEL - PVG
13h 15m¥2,186–4,386Fly Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane PER - PVG
13h 54m¥1,868–4,672Fly Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SYD - PVG
13h 34m¥2,255–4,167Fly Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BNE - PVG
13h 37m¥2,445–4,374Fly Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane PER - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
15h 54m¥2,040–5,603Fly Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane PER - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
15h 46m¥1,990–5,161
Perth Airport (PER) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Australia to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥2100 - ¥4400 and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Australia to Shanghai is to fly which takes 13h 15m and costs ¥2100 - ¥4400.
The distance between Australia and Shanghai is 7069 km.
It takes approximately 14h 43m to get from Australia to Shanghai, including transfers.
There are 1886+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Australia and Shanghai, China?
Cathay Pacific and China Southern Airlines fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) twice daily.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–2,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–11,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–12,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–4,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–12,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–5,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,500
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥59–65
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥59–65
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥95–105
- Business Class Seat
- ¥130–190
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥70–80
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥70–80
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- Business Class Seat
- ¥160–240
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
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
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