AED 701 Find Cheap Flights from Dubai to Shanghai

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Cheapest return fare
AED 1,219
Overall average: AED 1,579
Air China
Wed 11/3Mon 16/3
DXB - PVG • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
AED 1,928
Typical prices: AED 2,071-AED 4,028
China Eastern
Sun 15/2Sun 22/2
DXB - PVG • Direct
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Air China
Cheapest • from AED 1,219 (return)
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Best reviews • 8.1 score
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Cheapest • 23% average savings
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Cheap Flights from Dubai to Shanghai (DXB-SHA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Dubai 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.
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Recent return flight deals from Dubai to Shanghai

Wed, 11 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
Air China Logo
01:15 - 10:15
DXB
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PVG
29h 00m
1 stop
Air China Logo
19:00 - 23:15
PVG
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DXB
32h 15m
1 stop
AED 1,219Air China
Wed, 11 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
Air China Logo
01:15 - 16:55
DXB
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SHA
11h 40m
1 stop
Air China Logo
18:30 - 23:15
SHA
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DXB
32h 45m
1 stop
AED 1,219Air China
Sun, 22 Mar - Sun, 5 Apr
Air China Logo
01:15 - 23:20
DXB
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PVG
18h 05m
1 stop
Air China Logo
06:55 - 22:20
PVG
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DXB
19h 25m
1 stop
AED 1,223Air China
Fri, 13 Mar - Thu, 26 Mar
Hainan Airlines Logo
13:00 - 10:30
DXB
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PVG
17h 30m
1 stop
Hainan Airlines Logo
11:35 - 10:55
PVG
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DXB
27h 20m
1 stop
AED 1,227Hainan Airlines
Fri, 13 Mar - Thu, 26 Mar
Hainan Airlines Logo
13:00 - 22:55
DXB
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SHA
29h 55m
1 stop
Hainan Airlines Logo
09:00 - 10:55
SHA
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DXB
29h 55m
1 stop
AED 1,227Hainan Airlines
Tue, 3 Mar - Thu, 12 Mar
Air China Logo
01:15 - 09:45
DXB
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PVG
28h 30m
1 stop
Air China Logo
07:25 - 23:10
PVG
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DXB
19h 45m
1 stop
AED 1,230Air China
Thu, 12 Mar - Fri, 20 Mar
Air China Logo
01:00 - 10:10
DXB
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SHA
29h 10m
1 stop
Air China Logo
21:00 - 23:10
SHA
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DXB
30h 10m
1 stop
AED 1,230Air China
Sat, 14 Mar - Sat, 21 Mar
Sichuan Airlines Logo
22:30 - 15:25
DXB
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PVG
12h 55m
1 stop
Sichuan Airlines Logo
16:40 - 20:30
PVG
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DXB
31h 50m
1 stop
AED 1,249Sichuan Airlines
Fri, 13 Mar - Fri, 20 Mar
Sichuan Airlines Logo
22:30 - 15:25
DXB
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PVG
12h 55m
1 stop
Sichuan Airlines Logo
20:00 - 20:30
PVG
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DXB
28h 30m
1 stop
AED 1,267Sichuan Airlines
Sat, 14 Mar - Sat, 21 Mar
China Eastern Logo
23:15 - 17:20
DXB
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SHA
14h 05m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
10:25 - 20:45
SHA
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DXB
14h 20m
1 stop
AED 1,377China Eastern
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Dubai to Shanghai flights

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

What is the cheapest Dubai to Shanghai flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Dubai to Shanghai costs AED 824 on the route between Dubai (DXB) and Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 23% cheaper than other Dubai-Shanghai routes. It is also the most popular route.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dubai to Shanghai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Dubai 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 Dubai to Shanghai is December, where tickets cost AED 1,465 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and October, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is AED 3,345 and AED 2,552 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Dubai 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 Dubai to Shanghai, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flightAED 701
Flight from Dubai to Shanghai Pudong Airport

When to book flights from Dubai to Shanghai

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Dubai to Shanghai based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns 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 Dubai to Shanghai

  • What is the cheapest flight from Dubai to Shanghai?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Dubai to Shanghai was AED 701 for a one-way ticket and AED 1,219 for a return.

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

    When flying out of Dubai you will be using Dubai Intl. You will be landing at one of these airports: Shanghai Pu Dong or Shanghai Hongqiao Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Dubai to Shanghai?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Dubai to Shanghai?

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

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Dubai 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 Dubai to Shanghai.

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

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

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Dubai 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 to Shanghai from Dubai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Dubai Intl to Shanghai?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Dubai Intl to Shanghai.
Find which airlines fly direct from Dubai Intl Airport to Shanghai, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Dubai Intl to Shanghai

Monday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Tuesday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Wednesday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Thursday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Friday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Saturday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Sunday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

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Direct returns

Shanghai to Dubai Intl

Monday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Tuesday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Wednesday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Thursday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Friday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Saturday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

Sunday

China Eastern, Emirates

China Eastern, Emirates

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Dubai to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dubai to Shanghai. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dubai 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3490 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
8.3Crew
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The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
DXB - LAX
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The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

Milan airport was bad experience. They should be more polite.

I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

in today's time, an airline like emirates didnt serve drinks as requested, Excuse was full flight.

Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

Wonderful Premium Economy experience. Felt as good as Business Class for food and entertainment. Comfortable sleeping too

Few vegetarian food options. Incorporating one per meal service would be best and captures a wider audience than just vegetarians (individuals with religious meat restrictions can also eat vegetarian).

Flight from Hong Kong to LAX was late, the plane was grubby, overcrowded and hot. I recently flew Starlux and that was a MUCH better experience.

The crew, pilots and flight attendants were all amazing. What could be better is reinforcing that seats cannot be reclined at departure and landing. I had a person seated in front of me who had her seat all the way inclined, including during take-off - after the crew asked her to seat upright. Cathay Pacific should reinforce this safety request and perhaps penalize those who don't follow it. I felt very unsafe with this person limiting my space and perhaps putting my life in danger in the "unlikely" case of an emergency.

one hour transit not good. cathay pacific is not helpful at all

My flight was suppose to be at 7:45pm to fly but it didnt fly out until 8:55 to dallas so then all of my other flights was late and delay ihad to wait at the airport for extra 14 hours to be able to get on a different plane

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

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.

Very friendly and accommodating staff. Food was great. Lots of movies and tv shows to choose from. Highly recommend.

Close to excellent. The only problem is when I try to charge my phone on the USB in front of my seat, the battery level is decreasing rather than increasing. Why?

The lead business class attendant was excellent. Made a point of greeting you and knowing your name by the time you leave.

did not get a notification about seat selection ahead of time. We didn't end up sitting together.

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

In my return flight they couldn’t identify my ticket or boarding pass, I had to go to 3 different counters until I was able to get my boarding pass. The food was on, it was the bear minimum. They didn’t even recognise that I was a Muslim and can’t eat meat, chicken or pork. In one of the trays I believe they served me pork. The staff were very pleasant, but they need to be aware of their surroundings more carefully, one of them stuck her lower belly right into my face! I was shocked and very uncomfortable.

Overall I had good experience with China Southern airline. Nothing to claim. I hoped they could improve the meal quality that is.

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!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

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 ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

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. A BIG ISSUE FOR NON-CHINESE PASSENGERS IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IN ONLINE, by making so difficult or almost impossible there is no chance to get a seat assignment ahead of time then go to the airport and get what is left. THIS IS NOT a SKY TEAM modality.

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!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

On time. Friendly and helpful flight attendants. The plane was clean. Having a wine available would have been nice.

Your staff was exceptional. Could teach the other airlines-rules on etiquette, and service. Excellent landings on flights, carried out by your pilots. Only complaint is long delay on return flight in Beijing, onto Vancouver.

Worst than I expected, crew was not attentive, meal was as disgusting , they didn’t even drink selections as they would to other passengers. I felt discriminated

cannot get seat information for LAX to IAH when check in in XI,AN

UA is ok. But check in was a very bad experience

I hate that you cannot check in online and when you are at the airport, there aren't any aisle seats left. Also, they could work a little on subtitles for their movies (not everyone is a native English speaker).

Nothing to complain of, the only reason I am not giving better marks is that I am used to flying with ANA and they are the top.

It's terrible that we can't do online check in because we didn't buy the tickets directly from Air china. It was not explained until I contacted Chatdeal and we could not sit together.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

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