Cheap flights from New York to Shanghai from £399

The month of January is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Shanghai from New York, with most prices found around £390. If you don’t want to visit Shanghai in January, then you should wait until April to fly from New York, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of £745.

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 £908 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 £783 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 44% 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 531 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. Tuesday 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 31% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of April 2026, 2 flights take off from New York and land in Shanghai each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Mon, with 50% of weekly flights taking off on this day.

If you’re flying from a popular airport in New York, such as Newark or New York, and flying into Shanghai, then you can expect flight times to average 28h 30m and 33h 45m, respectively.