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You can take the metro, the Maglev or the bus from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to get into the city centre. If using the metro, take line 2 to Guanglan Road station, where you can transfer to another train that will take you to the city centre. Maglev is the high-speed train that will take you to Longyang Road station; you then need to change to another service towards the city centre. Several bus lines leave from outside both terminals, including a late-night bus and a shuttle bus that goes direct to the city centre.

From Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport you can take metro lines 2 or 10, both of which will take you straight to the city centre. Metro trains run between 6am and 10pm. There are several bus lines leaving from outside both terminals, including a night bus and a late-night line, with prices from 2 YUAN (about $0.4) to 30 YUAN (about $6).

T2 Max VIP Hourly Lounge is a hotel located inside Terminal 2, offering rooms for rent at an hourly rate. Dazhong Airport Hotel Shanghai is located between Terminals 1 and 2, a five-minute walk from the airport. Ramada Pudong Airport Shanghai, Shanghai Airlines Travel Hotel and The QUBE Pudong Hotel are all within five to fifteen minutes of the airport, and they all offer shuttle bus transfers.

Boyue Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Hotel is located in Terminal 2 of the airport. The Shanghai International Airport Hotel is a five-minute walk from the airport, near to Terminal 1; it offers day rooms from 6am to 4pm and has an airport shuttle service available. The Argyle International Airport Hotel is also a five-minute walk from Terminal 1, and offers a free shuttle every hour to Terminal 2.

The distance between Shanghai Hongqiao Intl and the city centre of Shanghai is 15 km, which makes it the closest of the 2 Shanghai airports airports. Shanghai Pudong Airport is 30 km away from the centre.

On average, a flight to Shanghai costs $909. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $288 and departed from Melbourne Airport.

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Each week there are around 29 direct flights from within Australia to Shanghai. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.