This is weird. Just a few weeks after we heard about the scary possiblity of a German satellite crashing down into the heart of Beijing last October, now Shanghai Daily tells of another threat from the skies! Last month around 17 flights arriving in Shanghai on January 16 were instructed not to land for fear of space debris incoming from a failed Russian Mars probe, which incidentally landed on the other side of the planet... more ›

Shanghai Airlines have announced plans to include passenger announcements in Shanghainese, as well as Putonghua and English, on a number of flights. The scheme is set to begin after Chinese New Year, with the local dialect making an appearance on flights arriving from Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in order to "give visitors a sense of the city's personality." more ›

If you're still looking for those 400RMB Shanghai-Beijing air tickets and can't find them, look no further. They do not exist anymore. more ›

Take that you headline-hogging speedy rail thing! After ticket prices were finally released for the Shanghai-Bejing high speed train, opening this Friday, it looks like multiple Chinese airlines have slashed fares in anticipation of the competition! The screen grab above is from a Ctrip search for one-way tickets from Shanghai to Beijing. All told, the total for the cheapest ticket comes out to 590RMB - a mere 35RMB more than the cheapest ticket for the five-hour train! more ›

A shocking mistake occurred on Friday morning when South Korean marine corps mistook an Asiana airliner flying from Chengdu to Seoul for a North Korean military jet and opened fire. Both South Korea's military and Asiana Airlines confirmed the incident. Apparently when the plane was flying over Jumun Island, two soldiers based on the nearby Gyodong Island fired 99 rounds from their machine guns for approximately 10 minutes. No bullets hit the plane which was carrying 119 people on board--it was out of range (thankfully!) by 500 meters. more ›

Woohoo! Beginning July 1, a new flight will take you from Pudong Airport to one of the world's most exotic (and reclusive) destinations. more ›

"CHINA Eastern Airlines will launch the first regular direct services between Shanghai and Hawaii on August 9. The Shanghai-based airline yesterday said it will fly to Hawaii every Tuesday and Friday, using an Airbus A340 aircraft, which can accommodate about 300 passengers." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

They already have some of the cheapest rates to Hong Kong - now Spring Airlines is expanding its Shanghai flight list to include Macau. Right now it's only one service a day, going from Macau to Shanghai at 7:10 am and leaving from Shanghai to Macau at 10:30am. So anyone who's been dying to check out the gambling (and the Blue Frog), you can now do it at a much lower price point. more ›

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced the cancellation of the Wuhan-Nanjing flight route, beginning summer this year. The route is the first casualty of the onslaught by high-speed railway, which is now rapidly developing across China at breakneck speed. more ›

With just about three months left to the launch of the much-anticipated Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, everybody just wants to know how much those damn tickets will cost. more ›

After a one year hiatus, Delta Airlines have announced that they will be resuming their direct flights between Shanghai and their hometown - Atlanta. more ›

Oh joy of joys! Anyone who's traveled in China enough knows that flight delays seem to happen more often than not. The waiting period has gotten so bad sometimes that passengers have come to fisticuffs with airline employees. But now you actually get something (besides high blood pressure) from the hours of pre-boarding: cold hard cash. more ›

Starting April 5, American Airlines will have daily flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai, making it easier to get from one large, sprawling, smoggy city to another! Currently only China Eastern Airlines flies this route, even though it is the largest air travel market between the US and China. American already flies daily from Chicago to Beijing and Shanghai. more ›

In the latest addition to "brilliant ideas that China likes to try," Spring Airlines is now considering selling standing-only tickets to passengers on their flights. The budget airline currently has only 13 planes in their fleet and cannot meet growing demand for more flights from more passengers. more ›

A volcano located in Russia is currently wreaking havoc on all trans-Pacific flights to and from East Asia. According to The Canadian Press, the Sarychev Peak first started shooting ash and smoke on June 12 and now airlines are trying to avoid flying through the 50-km diameter residue. Anyone planning to fly to the western coast of North America should double-check their flight status before leaving to the airport. Shanghaiist especially feels for anyone who has just been released from a week in quarantine, just to have their flight delayed and be placed right back in a hotel. more ›

Well shoot! If there's anything we're a fan of it's impromptu vacations, and now Ctrip.com's got a new FareAlert system in place to help us do fulfill our "adventure for the weekend" fantasies. Go to farealert.english.ctrip.com, enter your criteria - where you want to go, around when you'd like to go, and how much you would pay - and you'll get an SMS or an email if and when your criteria has been matched. more ›

Shanghai-based China Eastern airlines has announced that it will increase its flights to Taipie from 3 times weekly to daily beginning next Monday. Also, whereas previously all flights had to bypass Hong Kong airspace, now flights are all going direct, ie., you can now get to Taipei in a little over an hour and for less than what you used to pay for! This is truly historic. A quick check with Elong.com indicate roundtrip flights to cost approximately RMB2100 plus tax of about RMB658. more ›

From yesterday until April 29th, this is the list of airlines which will use the new Terminal 2 at Pudong: more ›