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Cheap Flights from Shanghai to New York

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Shanghai to New York 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Shanghai to New York

Sun, Sep 14 - Mon, Sep 29
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3:55 pm - 4:59 pmPVG-EWR
37h 04m1 stop
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6:20 pm - 2:05 pmEWR-PVG
31h 45m1 stop
$743Air Canada
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Tue, Oct 7 - Thu, Feb 5
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3:55 pm - 8:02 amPVG-LGA
28h 07m2 stops
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7:45 pm - 4:00 pmLGA-PVG
31h 15m2 stops
$746Air Canada
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Tue, Oct 7 - Wed, Feb 4
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11:10 am - 11:00 amPVG-JFK
35h 50m1 stop
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12:50 am - 9:45 amJFK-PVG
19h 55m1 stop
$943Korean Air
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Fri, Sep 12 - Fri, Sep 19
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8:10 pm - 4:50 pmPVG-LGA
32h 40m2 stops
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6:00 am - 5:45 pmLGA-PVG
23h 45m2 stops
$944United Airlines
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Fri, Sep 12 - Fri, Sep 19
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8:10 pm - 10:44 amPVG-EWR
26h 34m2 stops
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7:10 am - 5:45 pmEWR-PVG
22h 35m1 stop
$944United Airlines
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Fri, Nov 14 - Sat, Feb 7
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11:20 am - 10:00 amPVG-JFK
35h 40m1 stop
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12:00 pm - 8:25 pmJFK-PVG
19h 25m1 stop
$944Korean Air
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Mon, Sep 15 - Mon, Nov 10
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3:45 pm - 11:46 amPVG-LGA
32h 01m1 stop
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6:00 am - 3:20 pmLGA-PVG
20h 20m1 stop
$950Delta
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Mon, Sep 15 - Mon, Nov 10
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5:30 pm - 12:09 amPVG-JFK
18h 39m1 stop
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6:40 pm - 3:50 pmJFK-PVG
32h 10m2 stops
$950Delta
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Tue, Sep 9 - Thu, Oct 9
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7:05 pm - 6:00 amPVG-JFK
22h 55m1 stop
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10:00 am - 5:50 pmJFK-PVG
19h 50m1 stop
$1,005Cathay Pacific
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Thu, Sep 4 - Wed, Feb 4
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10:30 pm - 8:35 pmSHA-JFK
34h 05m1 stop
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1:35 am - 3:20 pmJFK-SHA
24h 45m1 stop
$1,006Cathay Pacific
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Expert advice for your flight from Shanghai to New York

 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Shanghai to New York flights

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

What is the cheapest Shanghai to New York flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Shanghai to New York.

Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Shanghai to New York cost $1,371 and was between Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) and Newark Airport (EWR). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is $1,371.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Shanghai to New York?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Shanghai to New York clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Shanghai to New York, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from New York, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly and Thursday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to New York, 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 Shanghai to New York is March, where tickets cost $839 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,583 and $1,369 respectively.

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Cheapest flight$501
Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Newark Liberty Airport

When to book flights from Shanghai to New York

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Shanghai to New York based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Shanghai to New York

  • What is the cheapest flight from Shanghai to New York?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Shanghai to New York was $501 for a one-way ticket and $743 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Shanghai and New York?

    A passport is required to fly from Shanghai to New York.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Shanghai to New York?

    On your way to New York, you’ll fly out from one of these Shanghai airports: Shanghai Pu Dong or Shanghai Hongqiao Intl. You’ll be landing in one of New York’s 3 airports: Newark, New York John F Kennedy Intl, or New York LaGuardia.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Shanghai to New York?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Shanghai to New York?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Shanghai and New York, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to New York from Shanghai?

    Seoul is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Shanghai to New York.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Shanghai to New York?

    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 Shanghai to New York.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York from 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 Shanghai to New York?

    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 to New York with an airline and back to Shanghai with another airline.

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

    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 to New York from Shanghai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Shanghai to New York?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Shanghai to New York.
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Direct departures

Shanghai to New York

Tuesday

China Eastern

China Eastern

Sunday

China Eastern

China Eastern

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Direct returns

New York to Shanghai

Monday

China Eastern

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Wednesday

China Eastern

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Shanghai to New York

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Shanghai to New York. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1121 reviews
8.2Comfort
8.5Boarding
8.1Food
8.7Crew
8.2Entertainment
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One of the flight attendants stepped on my foot. I was on the aisle seat. A lady inside needed to get out. So Instood. Just then, a flight attentendant came wuicklybtheoughbthe aisle and stepprd on my sock covered toes. I let out a small sound. She stopped momentarily, but didn’t ask how I was just took off of the aisle. Never came back to see how I was. Fortunately, I was not really hurt other than a slight soreness in my toes. But I found that to be very negligent.

6.0 GoodJohn, Jul 2025ICN - SEA
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One of the flight attendants stepped on my foot. I was on the aisle seat. A lady inside needed to get out. So Instood. Just then, a flight attentendant came wuicklybtheoughbthe aisle and stepprd on my sock covered toes. I let out a small sound. She stopped momentarily, but didn’t ask how I was just took off of the aisle. Never came back to see how I was. Fortunately, I was not really hurt other than a slight soreness in my toes. But I found that to be very negligent.

This was an amazing flight. The crew was great. The service was great. The food provided was great.

I was unable to select decent seats, and so I was stuck in the middle seat because it was selected for me

Korean Air is unlike any other major airline I have flown with. The grace and respect that the staff has from check in to de-boarding is unmatched. The flight attendants this time were especially wonderful to my five little children. They helped us rearrange to more suitable seating, brought our children’s meals, and patiently waited for them in the aisles when they had to use the bathroom. We felt so welcome and comfortable. I really appreciate the meal voucher when our flight was delayed. I am grateful to have had such an stress-free experience.

It's good overall. Flight was packed. Inflight entertainment choices were lacking.

They were very accommodating of a dietary issue. Nice movie & tv selections. Non-stop helped get through a very long (15 hr) flight

Great except for the delay in Korea. Korean Air did a great job setting up a hotel for the night. I also needed assistance with a wheelchair and they were outstanding.

The flight was on time and very quick, as expected, but the leg room isn't great in coach seats.

The boarding process for Korean airlines is very straightforward and easy. You've never met such helpful and friendly people. The food was great and the entertainment options were excellent too. My teenage boys found programs they wanted to watch while I had fun watching a full season of the Last Man - the Blind Investigator (Japanese), which my wife enjoyed too. My only complaint was that it takes a very long time to taxi at ICN (20 minutes) and the pilot had to hold at the gate for 10 minutes after our scheduled departure time, which meant we got to Seattle 27 minutes late. Luckily I had a long enough connection to make my next flight, but just barely.

Just a typical domestic poor flight nothing more. There is no food choices in such a flight. Crew doesn't really care if you are on-board or not

JAL is an exceptional airline that shows the true heart of Japanese omotenashi service. If the option is available I’ll always chose it

I avoid American Airlines for a reason. Our flight was delayed at LAX. The situation at the gate was chaotic. The woman making announcements wasn't being clear or transparent regarding why there were delays. There was a lot of confusion regarding flight and gate status. Other passengers were pretty rude. I was elbowed in the eye by someone who was in a hurry to get their bags from the overhead bin immediately after the flight landed. Ultimately, I will avoid AA as much as possible in the future.

I love Japan Airlines! I go out of my way to book with them. It is regrettable that the One World Alliance includes American Airlines though. The last leg of my flight from LAX to Austin was easily the worst, most disorganized part of the trip. Next time I will plan to fly directly from DFW to Haneda to avoid American Airlines as much as possible.

Issue 1: We had a 2 hour delay to repair a windshield wiper, during which we sat on board on the runway. Issue 2: it was VERY HOT in the cabin for most of the flight, we were sweating. We asked to make it cooler. They didn’t succeed in doing so. Other than that, it was great. Fantastic food, and extremely pleasant, accommodating flight crew.

We asked for Hindu vegetarian meal in advance and the quality of the food was horrendous. Never flying JAL again!

My total experience was good. The food and entertainment need improvement.

I wish I was able to flew with JAL all the way to DFW. After my JAL flight to Japan it was taken over by a flight with AA which is another experience, the plane was not as roomy like JAL. I was terrified to drop anything in the floor and not have the room to bend and pick it up. My wifi din not work at all, l just slept through majority of the flight. Although not a bad experience, I still wish that I flew JAL straight to DFW for the experience.

I would like to add American food so tired of rice after being there for 10 days didn’t want anymore to pay an airline did not have my bag marked right so it is still sitting in O’Hare. I am home.

Flight from New Delhi to Tokyo was mediocre. The seats were not of business class as we are used to. They were not wide enough. On the other hand the seats on the flight from Tokyo to San Francisco were excellent every thing were great except the food. Tokyo business lounge was excellent. The whole experience was great except the food on the plane. Will still fly JAL.

The entree wasn’t very good. The rice was soggy. The side dishes were all good though. The breakfast was also good. The crew were excellent, as usual.

For a 69 year old with health problems I had the worse experience, no wheelchair when I entered a lady told me to sit and wait while a gentleman told me I had to walk to the Delta station, which I did. I had a carry on and a bag, and I was traveling with my service dog, which was on his carrier and the lady charged me for my carry on luggage, beside all the waiting cause of the delay, I had to walk to get my luggage cause no wheelchair showed up, I am so disappointed. I will get in touch with the company. I got home at 3:00 am, not good for my health situation.

The crew was amazing; Von, Vera and Guadalupe were very friendly and attentive throughout the entire flight. They were friendly and welcoming to everyone. A solid and dedicated team for sure!

Terrible. I was bumped off of my original flight and spent the next six days fighting to get back on it. I lost hours of my vacation trying to get this situation corrected.

Our flight was canceled after several delays. No hotel vouchers offered, minimal help for resolution leave me ultimately to cancel and book on an other airline. Then waited to get bags for more than 3 hours This whole experience has been awful!!!

My flight was canceled after being rescheduled for four days canceling my trip. Kayak and everyone affiliated with it I.e the airlines, and just fly have been excruciating to deal with. My trip to visit family had to be canceled as there was no way to make it. I am furious at all of you.

They delayed our flight because of bad weather in NY which was completely understandable. Then they cancelled our flight and a later flight that evening. The earliest we could fly was the next morning. We ended up buying last minute tickets on another airline and made it home slightly delayed but safely that evening. Delta kept saying it was weather related but if that was the case how did we make it back on another airline? The weather in NY was cloudy but not bad.

The way BCN airport handled boarding was a huge improvement over our trip to Spain from JFK. Instead of gate-mosquitos edging in before their zone was called, in BCN they had clearly marked lines for Zones 1-8 and people just lined up correctly. The flight itself was uneventful. The meal (curried chicken and rice) was one of the better meals we've had on Delta. Entertainment options were plentiful, power chargers were available in Main Cabin, and seats were decent. Flight staff were very friendly and positive throughout the 8 hour flight.

I like for how they process during check in. It was very smoothly.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Boarding was tough as we had to take a bus out to the plane and walk up a lot of stairs. Difficult with heavy carry-ons that said I got an entire empty row of seats, which was excellent for an international flight. Food was very mediocre but happy with the comfort so not complaining.

Check in process at the kiosk, crew in flight and overall comfort was good. Food selection could have been better. Flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles did not have any vegetarian main course option, it was either sea food or chicken. Being a vegetarian I could only eat yogurt and fruit. Most international flights have one vegetarian main course dish which I found missing in Cathay Pacific menu.

Great. Efficient boarding process with the face recognition. Plenty of cabin space for luggage.

Cabin crew is very helpful and nice, it is another level of service compared to Air Canada

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

Better. I took an aisle seat this time. Although the overheard compartment above the seat ahead of me kept opening up during flight.

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

The food and service was great. You have to pay a lot for in flight Internet though which is lame.

Special request meals are really below average. Vegetarian options are very limited if you didn't prebook.

Very noisy and careless crew on this overnight flight. They should understand customers want to sleep

The flight was delayed for 30 mins. The overall experience was good.

Food was terrible. Crew was kind but skipped over my row for providing sandwiches and beverages.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

More racist flight attandants maybe because i sm an attracticted darkskin latino man but once again bad flight attamdants they ignored me the whole flight even the woman sitting next to me notice how rude they were towards me i really never want to fly united or american airlines they alawsys have the rudesslt and racist flight attandants

We loved the United lounge near our gate and a rep named Aimee who was GREAT

Cramped seat even in economy plus seat 10A. Over booked flight, no space for the bags

Awful. There was a minor problem with a fridge and they had us 2 hours in the runway before take off. The paper work alone took them half hour. There was no attemp to make up time up while in teansit and when we arrived, they had us another half hour in the plane because of traffic. I, and a bunch of people, lost their onnection flights for 5 to 10 minutes. Not even the attemp to wait given thar all delays, but the taxing, were United's fault. Then another 45 mins to get an agent and no flight alternatives for 2 days. Im am very disapointed with this "premium carrier".

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was On time and landed 30 mins early considering we were flying into Newark. No complaints.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

The flight was canceled the day of the flight. United says it was FAA issue, with some 35 flights canceled and more delayed.

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