The cheapest Istanbul to Shanghai return flight on the radar right now is €556, flying with Sichuan Airlines via one or more connections. It covers departures in October 2026, and every dated link below opens that exact IST–PVG search on Skyscanner. The price we usually record on this route is €518. Across 86 recorded checks it has ranged between €417 and €781. Our sampling points to October 2026 as the cheapest month to fly Istanbul to Shanghai.
Prices are re-checked against Skyscanner automatically, and every one shows when it was last confirmed, so nothing here is older than it looks. Not flying from Istanbul? We track 60 other departure cities for Shanghai, listed at the foot of this page.
Prices like this tend to vanish fast. If it has gone when you look, try the days either side of the dates above, since Istanbul to Shanghai is often still worth booking within a day or two of the fare we found.