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Find cheap flights to China from AED 955

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from the United Arab Emirates to China departing on 19/4. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Guangzhou
Guangzhou1 stopAED 1,583
Shanghai
Shanghai1 stopAED 1,616
Beijing
Beijing1 stopAED 1,612
Chengdu
Chengdu1 stopAED 1,678
Shenzhen
Shenzhen1 stopAED 1,616
Hangzhou
Hangzhou1 stopAED 1,733
Qingdao
Qingdao1 stopAED 1,752
Wuhan
Wuhan1 stopAED 1,792
Jinhua
Jinhua1 stopAED 1,737
Chongqing
Chongqing1 stopAED 1,645
Sanya
Sanya1 stopAED 2,178
Ürümqi
Ürümqi1 stopAED 2,280
Xiamen
Xiamen1 stopAED 1,674

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AED 955
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 24% increase in price.
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Flight from Dubai to Shanghai Pudong Airport

FAQs - booking China flights

  • How long is the flight to China?

    An average direct flight from the United Arab Emirates to China takes 17h 14m, covering a distance of 9191 km. The most popular route is Dubai - Guangzhou with an average flight time of 6h 55m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to China?

    The cheapest ticket to China from the United Arab Emirates found in the last 72 hours was AED 870 one-way, and AED 1,579 round-trip. The most popular route is from Dubai to Guangzhou and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was AED 1,579.

  • Which airlines fly to China?

    Emirates, China Southern & China Eastern fly the most frequently from the United Arab Emirates to China.

  • What are the most popular destinations in China?

    The next most popular destinations are Guangzhou (22%) and Beijing (10%). Searches for flights to Shenzhen (5%), to Qingdao (3%) and to Hangzhou (3%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top 5 airlines flying to China

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Arab Emirates to China? 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 KAYAK reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 4215 reviews
83crew
83entertainment
79food
81overall
81comfort
82boarding
Airline reviews

Service needs to improve. Air hostess do not register flyers request and we need to keep on repeating our request to them on multiple occasions

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Service needs to improve. Air hostess do not register flyers request and we need to keep on repeating our request to them on multiple occasions

The flight was great. We had to purchase extra long seats for the long flight. But overall it was great.

The experience was not as pleasant returning as leaving. Went through clearance twice, crew was not as customer focused.

WORST AIRLINE EVER—FOOD WAS MEDIOCRE AND WIDEBODY 777 BOEING WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE! IT WAS NOT WORTH THE MONEY THAT I PAID.

Superb experience. I hope they bring back the fast track option at Heathrow immigration.

Amazing service and food. However I didn’t get chance to choose my own seat which bothered me a little.

Had the salad which tasted awfully spat it out but still got food poisoning 1 after running to toilet crew would not let me sit near toilets I was stuck in window seat

Excellent airlines. I highly recommend using Emirates. Its my number 1 airlines

I liked theAVML food. Taste was alright and quantity was enough. Sometimes during the flight I felt that the smell from toilet was coming to the cabin

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

During flight, some passengers perform stomping leg exercises which disturb the comfort (I.e. sleep) of other passengers.

No good but was short flight. Both of our China Southern flights were on time. No surprises.

The flight was okay it was the kayak customer service that was poor, I have been trying to change my name on my flight ticket 3 days before my flight and nothing got done about it even tho I messaged so many times and phoned, all I got in return was that is was being processed and still to this day nothing has been done about it, I think it’s disgusting and un needed stress to the trip.

The food was perfect. The boarding process is a bit long. Given the late boarding time, I felt very tired by the time I was seated.

Quality flight from start to finish. Customer service is evidently very important to this company. The staff really exceeded expectations.

Pros: "Yes, seats were very comfortable and crew members were extremely helpful"
Cons: "Everything was excellent."
Pros: "No..no redeeming features.."
Cons: "Coffee was the worst I've ever had. The 2+1 powdered mil and coffee stick. Truly awful. But i suppose there aren't many people on the flight who would order coffee..I would even pay extra for a coffee if they had a quality option. Food is comparable to a school canteen. I would probably pay 20rmb for this in Shanghai. Frozen butter for the half-frozen bread. They really couldn't do worse..."
Cons: "Cancellation of Shenyang-Guangzhou flight on the same day was not notified in advance. I had to postpone the trip. I hope that this situation will be notified by phone next time. No matter what country's phone number is"
Pros: "Seat was great."
Cons: "Food courses should be delivered slower. It’s a race to see how fast all the courses can be piled on to you ."
Cons: "food, though i liked breakfast (dim sum and fruits including guava)"

Very poor check-in experience, and flight meal service was very disappointing with no drinks service or hot meal.

Flight crew was especially thoughtful and attentive, made sure our seats were comfortable so we could rest on the long flight

One of the worst flight in business class by qatar airways and I’m no stranger with qatar airways businesses class, I travelled with the extensively in the past 12 years

I felt thirsty and asked the flight attendent for water, but no one came for more than half an hour.

Everything went smooth. All flights were on time No changing gates, . No changing flights . It was like a completely different airlines tha n the last time I used Cathay Pacific . The last flight, 2 months ago, I had before this one was from Philippines also . I got changed in Manila and was told it only added 2 hours onto my flight . My 20 hour return trip ended up being 30 hours return with a 10.0 hour layover in New York with no seats anywhere . Everyone was sleeping or sitting on the floor . Unlike the hotel I was given in Manila to wait for this flight home . I never thought I would use Cathay Pacific again . But I did and this time you were great! I should have complained about the flight and layover from Hell a couple months ago. Consider that I am complaining about that august/23 flight now . Thank you got the great flying experience on my way home from philippines .

Everything was good food could be better but ok for economy on my 2nd flight the head ph jack are bad you have to hold pushed in to hear anything but other then that very nice service

Average flight for which I paid too much for on a last minute purchase.

Would have liked working outlets on the flight. The first meal was very bleh, the second meal was a lot better so overall okay meals

Cabin crew decided to make sure that the seat belt sight was on for most of a 3 hour 45 minute flight preventing pax.to use the facilities and then giving me omg when confronted with the situation. They should bear in mind that if there would be any human waste on the seats it has to be treated as biological material and removed by a hazardous material team.

Pros: "Non-disruptive 15-hour red-eye flight from Hong Kong to New York was appreciated. Smooth and comfortable flight, no complaints here."
Cons: "In-Flight Wi-Fi was not available once reaching the continental United States."

The flight was cancelled without any reason. But the next flight to Shanghai has to be cancelled to pay penalty.

Gatwick London-Shanghai -Bangkok.. Would have liked entertainment screens, but I know these planes are not that new. Cheap flights at the time of booking, Emirates wanted double so you get what you paid for. I would fly again with them, but if Emirates was the same price I would go with them.

We were cutting it close on our connecting flight and notified all staff at departing gate and flight attendants. From the start, we were told to check in with the international transfer desk by everyone, except for one lady who wanted to argue the time difference that was already taken into account. We also asked if we could try to exit the plane first (our family of 4 and 8 others on the same connecting flight). They just told us to check in with international transfers. We landed and had very little time to make our next flight. We were not offered any assistance or communication to the receiving gate. We ran all the way to the international transfers gate only to be turned away. I think we could have made it if we were allowed to exit and a call was made to other check in counter. After that we spent 6 grueling hours with our kids trying to rebook a flight. No food of any type of compensation was offered besides a dirty hotel room. The ladies with China Eastern at the Shanghai International counter were rude an unhelpful. We were directed to 3 different counters and waited before they said they forgot about a hotel. It was a long, miserable day. I believe this could have all been avoided.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

Again, I was presented with birthday pastries two times as a celebrated my birthday on both legs of my trip. I will keep flying to China using China Eastern airlines. As they made this trip a special one thank you.

Couldn’t fly since they wouldn’t issue a boarding ticket. Something to do with not taking the departing flight since it was cancelled due to weather. No notice or anything about the trip being invalid. The app made it seem like I was all good for it. Never trusting travel agency

Multiple delays, with no explanation. Caused us to almost miss our connector. The airline made no effort when we arrived in Shanghai to help us make it to our next flight with the same airline.

I will never fly through China again. Maybe it was the mandatory retinal scan just to transfer to another flight or the complete set of fingerprints they require. There are many better and inexpensive flights to Asia if you look.

The flight was delayed for almost 5 hours, but I understand that it was not up to the company, however how they could handle the situation better, they never apologized for that delay, moreover despite passengers being there for 7 hours only thing they did was to give a bowl of instant noodles, afterwards on the plane tiny snacks, people were there starting from lunch time and we’ve arrived to destination at almost midnight

Flight was delayed for 2 hours for no reason, then we spent almost an hour after boarding because of the weather conditions. If we left on time we could avoid that 😾

Pros: "Friendly crew and helpful staff"
Cons: "Missed connection from PEK to XIY due to delayed arrival and early departure. From XIY to PEK, booked and confirmed 11 departure, changed to 12:30 without notification or explaination. Rushed connections at PEK, pretty much ran from the minute left plan to another terminal, through custom, through all the health check points, security check. Just keep the fights on time and keep the original schedules, not arbitrarily change them."
Pros: "The crew was accommodating during the flight but spoke very little English and could not help with information on connecting flight."
Cons: "We missed our connecting flight due to a delay and the airline would not let us through because we could have made our second flight...."
Cons: "Connecting though Beijing from Taipei to LAX is not recommended if you can avoid it!"
Cons: "Seats are narrow, leg room poor, and food service is minimal."
Pros: "The seats on business were comfy, the service excellent, the movie selection was fair to poor, the food was also fair to good largely because they served a heavy lunch rather than a light breakfast."
Cons: "The food and movie selection."
Pros: "The crew was okay. The seating was great on all except for one leg."
Cons: "On one leg, it must have been an older plane, because the business class seats barely reclined."
Cons: "More TV show choices and more Hollywood movies although I understand it's a Chinese airline not American."
Pros: "Crew was great and was happy to get gluten free food i could eat"
Cons: "Not lose my bags :("

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15/5Wed
1 stopCathay Pacific
18h 20mDXB-CAN
24/5Fri
1 stopCathay Pacific
15h 20mCAN-DXB
AED 1,583
17/4Wed
1 stopCathay Pacific
18h 20mDXB-CAN
23/4Tue
1 stopCathay Pacific
15h 20mCAN-DXB
AED 1,612
15/4Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
17h 00mDXB-SZX
8/5Wed
1 stopChina Eastern
32h 25mSZX-DXB
AED 1,616
17/4Wed
1 stopChina Eastern
32h 45mDXB-PEK
25/4Thu
1 stopChina Eastern
14h 25mPEK-DXB
AED 1,616
18/4Thu
1 stopChina Southern
31h 45mDXB-PVG
25/4Thu
1 stopChina Southern
13h 50mPVG-DXB
AED 1,704
18/4Thu
1 stopChina Southern
31h 45mDXB-PVG
26/4Fri
1 stopChina Southern
29h 10mPVG-DXB
AED 1,722
29/3Fri
1 stopAir China
28h 50mDXB-CAN
3/4Wed
1 stopAir China
18h 55mCAN-DXB
AED 2,082
14/4Sun
1 stopAir China
18h 30mDXB-SZX
8/5Wed
1 stopAir China
18h 50mSZX-DXB
AED 2,086
8/7Mon
directEmirates
7h 35mDXB-PEK
10/9Tue
directEmirates
8h 20mPEK-DXB
AED 3,180
7/7Sun
directEmirates
7h 35mDXB-PEK
9/9Mon
directEmirates
8h 20mPEK-DXB
AED 3,195

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19/4Fri
1 stopCathay Pacific
14h 55mDXB-PVG
AED 955
10/4Wed
1 stopCathay Pacific
13h 35mDXB-PVG
AED 962
11/4Thu
1 stopChina Southern
15h 15mDXB-PVG
AED 988
14/4Sun
1 stopChina Southern
14h 15mDXB-SHA
AED 988
9/4Tue
1 stopChina Eastern
13h 40mDXB-CKG
AED 1,047
8/8Thu
2 stopsChina Eastern
37h 20mDXB-SZX
AED 1,061
8/6Sat
directAir China
7h 15mDXB-CKG
AED 1,447
8/4Mon
directAir China
7h 15mDXB-CKG
AED 1,465
26/3Tue
directEmirates
7h 30mDXB-PEK
AED 2,405
21/3Thu
directEmirates
7h 55mDXB-PVG
AED 2,457

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20/3Wed
multi-stopCathay Pacific
17h 30mDXB-CAN
19/4Fri
multi-stopCathay Pacific
15h 20mCAN-DXB
AED 1,605
22/3Fri
multi-stopChina Southern
32h 05mDXB-PVG
30/3Sat
multi-stopChina Southern
28h 35mPVG-DXB
AED 1,634
21/3Thu
multi-stopCathay Pacific
18h 20mDXB-PVG
25/3Mon
multi-stopCathay Pacific
31h 05mPVG-DXB
AED 1,638
19/3Tue
multi-stopChina Eastern
20h 40mDXB-CAN
19/4Fri
multi-stopChina Eastern
17h 05mCAN-DXB
AED 1,704
19/3Tue
multi-stopChina Eastern
12h 30mDXB-TAO
23/3Sat
multi-stopChina Eastern
15h 50mTAO-DXB
AED 1,708
19/3Tue
multi-stopSichuan Airlines
12h 35mDXB-SZX
22/3Fri
multi-stopSichuan Airlines
31h 50mSZX-DXB
AED 1,880
20/3Wed
multi-stopAir China
17h 25mDXB-PVG
25/3Mon
multi-stopAir China
14h 10mPVG-DXB
AED 2,097
23/3Sat
directAir China
6h 30mDXB-CKG
27/4Sat
multi-stopAir China
34h 20mCKG-DXB
AED 2,156
21/3Thu
directEmirates
7h 25mDXB-PEK
30/3Sat
directEmirates
8h 50mPEK-DXB
AED 3,393
23/3Sat
directEmirates
7h 50mDXB-PVG
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AED 4,006

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