RM 419 Find Cheap Flights from Shanghai to Malaysia

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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala LumpurdirectRM 1,088
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu1 stopRM 924
Kuching
Kuching1 stopRM 1,339
Penang
Penang1 stopRM 977
Langkawi
Langkawi2 stopsRM 1,248
Tawau
Tawau1 stopRM 1,351
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu2 stopsRM 1,614
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru1 stopRM 1,688
Sandakan
Sandakan1 stopRM 1,339
Labuan
Labuan1 stopRM 1,343
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala LumpurdirectRM 1,088
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu1 stopRM 924
Kuching
Kuching1 stopRM 1,339
Penang
Penang1 stopRM 977
Langkawi
Langkawi2 stopsRM 1,248
Tawau
Tawau1 stopRM 1,351
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu2 stopsRM 1,614
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru1 stopRM 1,688
Sandakan
Sandakan1 stopRM 1,339
Labuan
Labuan1 stopRM 1,343

Cheap Flights from Shanghai to Malaysia

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Shanghai to Malaysia that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Shanghai to Malaysia

Tue, 13 Jan - Mon, 19 Jan
China Southern Logo
15:50 - 00:30
SHA
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BKI
8h 40m1 stop
China Southern Logo
01:45 - 18:10
BKI
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SHA
16h 25m1 stop
RM 924China Southern
Sat, 24 Jan - Fri, 30 Jan
China Southern Logo
20:50 - 00:30
SHA
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BKI
27h 40m1 stop
China Southern Logo
01:45 - 12:15
BKI
-
SHA
10h 30m1 stop
RM 932China Southern
Sun, 25 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb
XiamenAir Logo
18:10 - 18:30
SHA
-
PEN
24h 20m1 stop
XiamenAir Logo
19:40 - 12:40
PEN
-
SHA
17h 00m1 stop
RM 977XiamenAir
Fri, 23 Jan - Fri, 30 Jan
XiamenAir Logo
07:10 - 18:30
SHA
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PEN
11h 20m1 stop
XiamenAir Logo
19:40 - 16:35
PEN
-
SHA
20h 55m1 stop
RM 1,027XiamenAir
Thu, 25 Dec - Sun, 28 Dec
China Southern Logo
06:55 - 00:30
PVG
-
BKI
17h 35m1 stop
China Southern Logo
19:05 - 00:45
BKI
-
PVG
29h 40m1 stop
RM 1,047China Southern
Tue, 14 Apr - Sun, 19 Apr
AirAsia X Logo
01:35 - 07:15
PVG
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KUL
5h 40mdirect
AirAsia X Logo
18:40 - 00:20
KUL
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PVG
5h 40mdirect
RM 1,088AirAsia X
Wed, 24 Dec - Thu, 1 Jan
AirAsia X Logo
01:35 - 07:30
PVG
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KUL
5h 55mdirect
AirAsia X Logo
18:50 - 00:20
KUL
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PVG
5h 30mdirect
RM 1,097AirAsia X
Fri, 16 Jan - Wed, 21 Jan
China Eastern Logo
23:00 - 14:45
SHA
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KUL
15h 45m2 stops
China Eastern Logo
03:30 - 13:45
KUL
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SHA
10h 15m1 stop
RM 1,290China Eastern
Thu, 2 Apr - Mon, 6 Apr
Shanghai Airlines Logo
01:50 - 07:30
PVG
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PEN
5h 40mdirect
Shanghai Airlines Logo
08:30 - 13:55
PEN
-
PVG
5h 25mdirect
RM 1,483Shanghai Airlines
Sun, 12 Apr - Wed, 15 Apr
Malaysia Airlines Logo
02:25 - 22:05
PVG
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PEN
19h 40m1 stop
Malaysia Airlines Logo
13:30 - 01:20
PEN
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PVG
11h 50m1 stop
RM 1,544Malaysia Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Shanghai to Malaysia flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Shanghai to Malaysia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Shanghai to Malaysia flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Malaysia from Shanghai found in the last 72 hours was to Kota Kinabalu, at RM 426 return. The most popular route is from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) to Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport (KUL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was RM 450.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to Malaysia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to Malaysia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Shanghai to Malaysia is March, when tickets cost RM 912 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and January, when the average cost of return tickets is RM 2,349 and RM 1,622 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Shanghai to Malaysia?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Shanghai to Malaysia clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Shanghai to Malaysia, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Malaysia, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Shanghai to Malaysia?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai to Malaysia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Shanghai to Malaysia, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 21% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flightRM 419
Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Penang

FAQs - booking Malaysia flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Shanghai to Malaysia?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Shanghai to Malaysia.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Shanghai to Malaysia?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Shanghai to Malaysia is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Shanghai to Malaysia?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Shanghai to Malaysia with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Shanghai to Malaysia?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Shanghai to Malaysia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Malaysia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Malaysia is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost RM 1,089 on average. Morning departures are around 20% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Malaysia is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is RM 1,362.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Shanghai to Malaysia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Shanghai to Malaysia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.3
Malaysia AirlinesOverall score based on 282 reviews
7.5Boarding
6.7Entertainment
7.4Comfort
8.1Crew
7.0Food
Airline reviews

Surprised that the safety briefing was only conducted in Malay language and no English despite there are foreigners on board. MH should take safety more seriously.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Dec 2025
SBW - KUL
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Surprised that the safety briefing was only conducted in Malay language and no English despite there are foreigners on board. MH should take safety more seriously.

Flights were delayed, Food was good but only 1 meal instead of 2.

Food was good but only 1 meal and 1 pie, instead of 2 meals. Both legs were late.

We are row 11, when the crew came to us, only one meal choice was available.

OK seats comfortable, easy boarding/embarking, excellent connection to domestic Malaysia flight with baggage checked through without customs. Catering especially drinks borderline ok luckily less important aspect

Comfortable seats in economy, managed a few hours sleep in an o night flight but the food was terrible. Surprising as Malaysia airlines has been good in the past. Service was mediocre this time too.

Vast improvement needed in customer service. I couldn’t get the drink of my choice during both meals (i.e. sparking water and Diet Coke). I had used plastic cups falling onto me from the tray. No eye contact when they thank you on the way out signalling an insincere thank you.

Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

The flight isn’t great, as the plane has faulty with light and noise. It blinks and make noise for 8hrs non stop! Causing health and sensory issues! Causing Hazard matter to all 3 babies that on bassinet seats. This matters affected 12 passengers and the most horrible flight I ever experience. Have been flying with MAS for more 30yrs and this is the worst! Very disappointed

AC not working, just slowly blowing room temperature air. Long taxi time does not help as well. Sweating all over the whole trip.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

bring your own movies. Download your own entertainment and games before flying

I was given a middle row seat and the plane was a small 737-800. Much too cramped for a full flight of over 5.5hours.

All fine - you get what you pay for ! and it is a bargain

AirAsia kept us waiting for hours due to a technical issue with the plane, then eventually cancelled the flight. Unfortunately there is no-one to call or speak with at AirAsia, no customer service department at all, so I flew with another airline instead. Now I am going through the fun process of trying to get a refund from AirAsia. I strongly recommend that no-one flies with them, it's just not worth it.

The best part was Tony Fernandes actually reinstated the Buttercake menu. It has gone missing after Covid & i made a complaint in one of my Tweets back in October 2022. Both flight D170 & D171 landed very smoothly- kudos to both pilots!

The worst experience in any flight I have ever had, delayed for more than 10 hours, lost my other flight so I lost one day during my trip. Didn’t gave me facilities with my luggage either. Never again

I was next to a quite large person. Soni essentially had 2/3 of my seat for myself and couldn't sit properly. Even though there were some other seat available, the staff refuse that I occupy another seat.

Pros: The staff was very friendly. Cons: Long delay. The food is terrible.

I’m a frequent Traveler on all types of airlines, including budget. This was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had. Something was wrong with AirAsia’s systems and we were the whole flight was rescheduled to the following day, the third flight it happened to. Apart from an email which gave the new date the web and app said the original flight date which meant that there were hundreds of people queueing at the airport to try and find out what was going on. People waited six hours to talk to customer service who gave advice that didn’t match the web or app. Nightmare. just advertising for spending the extra hundred dollars I’ve ever seen.

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Cabin class types available on flights to Malaysia

Cabin classes available on flights to Malaysia. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.