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Travel to Shanghai by air

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Shanghai is served by Pudong International airport and Hongqiao Shanghai airport. There are direct international flights between shanghai and some European and us cities.

Shanghai Pudong interdomestic airport - with an area of 40 square kilometers, Pudong interdomestic airport is in the eastern part of shanghai, 30km from the center of the city and 40km from the Hongqiao Airport. After the finish of the first-step reform project, the Pudong airport will be of the capacity of 300,000 aircraft handling and treat 36,500,000 passengers which can satisfy the need before the second waiting room was put into use in 2008.Shanghai Hongqiao international airport - located in the west of shanghai, 13kms form the city center. Hongqiao Airport has been considered as the port of shanghai airport flights for years. Since 1996, it has got several first prizes in the activities like "the civil aviation in the travelers' eyes" organized by the civil aviation department. it treats 8 million passenger per year. With an area of 820,000 square meters, the waiting room of the airport consists of 15 waiting halls, 18 VIP waiting halls and 15 luggage transmission system. At present, the aircraft movement of the Hongqiao Airport is about 540 per day with greater safety. A waiting building and b waiting building are connected closely to each other. As an important service window, the large waiting hall has the function of being in charge of the arriving and departing the travelers as well as landing the flights, ensuring the safety of airport production and ground service, guaranteeing the right time of the flights.To the airports - the two airports are connected by the "guest road" (a1road) and the beltway (a20 road) of shanghai both of which take us 45 minutes by car. There are many ways to Pudong airport from the city as follows:1.       Seven special ways to the airport. 2.       Take no 2 subway to the long yang station and then take no 3 airport line to the airport within 40 minutes. 3.       Drive to the airport directly along inner-ring road, luo hill road, the beltway road (a20road), and the "guest road" (a1 road). 4.       Get to the long yang road first and then take a taxi to the airport which costs you about 80 yuan.
If you want to go to the Hongqiao Airport, besides the seven special lines to the airports, you can drive along the yan'an skyway and to the end of it. Or you can take a taxi from the people's square which will take you 40 yuan.
Another important transportation to pu dong airport is the magnetic suspension train. The details are as follows:
operating time: 7:00am-21:00pm with intervals of 15 minutes
address: long yang station. No 2100 long yang road (near the bai yang road, no3 and no4 exit of the long yang station along no2 subway, the fifth line of the nan pu bridge, the sixth line of the nan pu bridge, the shenjiang line.)
The maglev airport stop: the east side of the waiting room of the shanghai pudong interdomestic airport (connected directly with 300-metered corridor)
Ordinary ticket: 50rmb for one-way ticket, 80rmb for return ticket.
Vip ticket: 100 rmb for one-way ticket, 160rmb for return ticket.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport

with an area of 40 square kilometers, pudong interdomestic airport is in the eastern part of shanghai, 30km from the center of the city and 40km from the rainbow bridge airport. after the finish of the first-step reform project, the pudong airport will be of the capacity of 300,000 aircraft handling and treat 36,500,000 passengers which can satisfy the need before the second waiting room was put into use in 2008.

shanghai pudong international airport

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

located in the west of shanghai, 13kms form the city center. the rainbow bridge airport has been considered as the port of shanghai airport flights for years.  since 1996, it has got several first prizes in the activities like "the civil aviation in the travelers' eyes" organized by the civil aviation department. it treats 8 million passenger per year. with an area of 820,000 square meters, the waiting room of the airport consists of 15 waiting halls, 18 vip waiting halls and 15 luggage transmission system. at present, the aircraft movement of the rainbow bridge airport is about 540 per day with greater safety. a waiting building and b waiting building are connected closely to each other. as an important service window, the large waiting hall has the function of being in charge of the arriving and departing the travelers as well as landing the flights, ensuring the safety of airport production and ground service, guaranteeing the right time of the flights.

shanghai hongqiao international airport
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