There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Heathrow by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SHA - LHR
16h 6m£210–600Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SHA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
19h 4m£196–555Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane PVG - LHR
15h 13m£265–656Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane PVG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
16h 31m£321–811Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane WUX - LHR
17h 24m£244–713Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NTG - LHR
18h 3m£259–766Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane PVG - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Wokingtrain
19h 23m£285–756
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Heathrow is to fly which costs £260 - £700 and takes 15h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Heathrow is to fly which takes 15h 13m and costs £260 - £700.
The distance between Shanghai and Heathrow is 5766 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 6m to get from Shanghai to Heathrow, including transfers.
Heathrow is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:58 PM in Shanghai and 8:58 AM in Heathrow.
There are 21953+ hotels available in Heathrow.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Heathrow, England?
China Southern Airlines, Air China, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–460
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–500
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–900
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–900
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,100
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–460
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Brussels, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–480
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–700
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- £6–8
- 1st Class Seat
- £10–12
- Business Class Seat
- £14–21
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- £5–9
- Soft Sleeper
- £13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £6–10
- Adult - 1st Class
- £8–12
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £2–4
- Hard sleeper
- £5–8
- Soft sleeper
- £9–12
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- £7–11
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