Cheap flights from New York to Shanghai from £479

The month of April is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Shanghai from New York, with most prices found around £748. If you don’t want to visit Shanghai in April, then you should wait until March to fly from New York, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of £784.

Fly from New York John F Kennedy Intl to Shanghai Pu Dong for the best New York - Shanghai flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Shanghai from New York when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Shanghai for around £895 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Shanghai from New York for as low as £795 on momondo.

There is only 1 cabin class available to choose from on New York to Shanghai flights. Cabin price and availability will vary by airline so perform a search above to find the right deals for you.

Historically, on average around 46% of flights between New York and Shanghai have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 546 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the morning have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Thursday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Friday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, China Eastern have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 32% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.