Shanghai (PVG) to Istanbul (IST): 4,984 miles (8,022 km) great-circle, about 10h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $532 round-trip on Gulf Air, with 1 stop, departing June 7, 2026.
$532 round-trip, Gulf Air GF125, departing 2026-06-07 at 15:55, returning 2026-06-11. The recorded itinerary left on a Sunday, returning on a Thursday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 43 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $532, it ranked 23rd of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PVG (median $310). That is 10.7 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the PVG median of 23.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from PVG of similar length: St. Petersburg (4,435 mi) at $626 and Moscow (4,258 mi) at $634.
Gulf Air had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 PVG routes. It is the longest of the 30 routes we track from PVG.
Of 117 departure airports with a fare to Istanbul, Shanghai (PVG) ranked 55th at $532. Lowest: $60 from Antalya (AYT); highest: $1639 from Wellington (WLG); 29 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Pegasus Airlines (13), Qatar (7), WestJet (6), Wizz Air (6), Gulf Air (5) and Turkish (5), plus 51 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Shanghai, Europe/Istanbul; flight time is our estimate.