Shanghai Tickets

By mommyhommyhart, May 25th 2010 in Shanghai Travel Guide Comments (0)

Shanghai has long known as the most Occidentalised city of China. This city possesses every property of a hep city atmosphere like dynamism, fast life and vibes of rapid developments coming up in the city at periodic intervals.

In the midst of all this charm and glam you can surely find some down-to-earth places like pocket sized eateries on the streets of Shanghai, an array of Buddhist temples in some silent corner of the buzzing and busy streets of Shanghai. So, if these all possessions of the city allure you... start packing your bags and hunting for Shanghai tickets today!

Before reaching city, here some info you can use about Shanghai airports so that you know exactly where you are going to land in Shanghai and about the proximate locations of the respective airport. Flights arriving in Shanghai land either at the main Pudong International Airport (placed close to the city's centre) or at the Hongqiao International Airport. PVG airport is more equipped than its counterpart. Every year approx. 20 million passengers travel through the PVG airport. Passengers can easily commute from the airport to various parts of the city in a speedy manner with the shuttle train named magnet levitation (MagLev). Its takes only 8 minutes for the shuttle trains to transfer passengers from the airport to the Longyang Lu metro station in Pudong and from there passengers can leave for their respective destinations in Shanghai.

If you looking forward to domestically travel in Shanghai, you will be required to board the flights from Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). SHA airport is placed in the western side of the city and at a distance of 15 kilometres from the centre of Shanghai city. SHA airport possess the basic facilities like every other airport such an informative tourist information desks, taxi centre, brewpubs and facilities that are importantly related with business like Net connections, phones and faxes.


Shanghai tickets can be bought at really affordable prices when booked in time and at the timings when the off-season is on. You can lookout for the destinations in Shanghai that you would like travel to once you land in Shanghai. Book the tickets for the domestic flights in Shanghai too in advance after comparing the rates of all the carriers that run through that specific route.

If you are travelling from U.K to Shanghai, you can save money on your tickets by taking a flight from Heathrow as some of the most cost-effective airlines like Swiss Air (139£) and Finnair (179£) take-off from here. In case you can spend a bit more say 60£, you can opt for the standard airlines taking off from the same airport like Air France, Air India or Korean Air. One Shanghai ticket for travelling in a high-end airline like Asiana Airlines Gulf Air would cost you approx. 509£ - 579£.


For air travellers from the USA, there are non-stop daily services available from Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Cleveland, Atlanta, Detroit and Newark. Flights from New York normally have a stopover in Beijing, Hong Kong, or a U.S. city, and can take between 17 and 25 hours.

You can be sure of travelling with a decent fare to Shanghai if you choose the right airline at a right time.

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