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Shanghai – Air Transportation

Shanghai Airport Authority
www.shanghaiairport.com/en/index.jsp

Pudong International Airport
Pudong is the newest airport in the city.  It’s about 25 miles east of downtown.  The airport is clean and efficient.  It could be up to an hour drive to get downtown from here.

Taxi
The legitimate taxis are lined up in a long queue just outside the arrival halls of the airport (doors 3 and 16). Never go with taxi touts who approach you in the arrival halls with “Take taxi?” which is about the extent of their English. At Pudong International Airport, taxis using the new highways and the Nanpu and Lupu bridges charge ¥160 ($20) and up for the 1-hour (or longer) trip to hotels in downtown Shanghai, and only slightly less for the nearer hotels in Pudong. Most Shanghai taxi drivers are honest, but be sure the meter is on; if not, say “Da biao!” If that doesn’t work, select another taxi. All legitimate taxi meters are equipped to print out a receipt, which you can ask for by saying,“Fa piao.” It’s a good idea to always get a receipt, which will have the phone number of the taxi company and numerical identification of the driver, should you ever need to recover any lost items. Flagfall for taxis is ¥11 ($1.35) for the first 3km (2 miles), then ¥2.1 (26¢) for every subsequent kilometer (2/3 miles).

Airport Buses
The most economical transfer from Pudong International Airport is via the official Airport Bus. There is a multitude of routes, with numbered buses (1, 2, 3, and so on) traveling between the airports and other transportation stops, while lettered buses (A, B, C, and so on) travel between Pudong Airport and different hotels. Prices range from ¥18 to ¥30 ($2.25-$4).

Hongqiao Airport
Hongqiao is the older of the city’s two airports.  It’s only 7 miles from downtown, but can still take up to 45 minutes to get to, depending on time of day.  Flights here are almost exclusively domestic.

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