Milan to Sydney with China Eastern from €700 — 19% below the typical deal price of €868.
Tickets from €700 both ways — checked baggage included.
- Checked baggage: 2 × 23 kg
- Onboard meal: Hot meal
- WiFi: Paid wifi
- Cabin: 31″ pitch on A330 / 777 / A350 widebody
- Outbound — Layover in PVG: 17h 20m (Very long layover) 🌆
- Outbound — 🌆 17h 20m in Shanghai (Pudong) — Visit the Bund (52 European-architecture trading houses along the Huangpu), walk to Shanghai Tower observation deck at 546 m (632 m total — the tallest building in China), or see the French Concession (Wukang Road / Anfu Road heritage walks) (or Yu Garden + Old City (classical Ming-dynasty scholar's garden, 1559)). 45 min from PVG to the city · 240-hour visa-free transit at PVG covers stops up to 10 days (54+ nationalities, onward to a third country); EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ also have unilateral 30-day visa-free through Dec 31 2026 · EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ passports: 30-day visa-free; USA: 240-hour transit with third-country onward ticket · full layover guide →.
- Return — Layover in PVG: 20h 20m (Very long layover) 🌆
- Return — 🌆 20h 20m in Shanghai (Pudong) — Visit the Bund (52 European-architecture trading houses along the Huangpu), walk to Shanghai Tower observation deck at 546 m (632 m total — the tallest building in China), or see the French Concession (Wukang Road / Anfu Road heritage walks) (or Yu Garden + Old City (classical Ming-dynasty scholar's garden, 1559)). 45 min from PVG to the city · 240-hour visa-free transit at PVG covers stops up to 10 days (54+ nationalities, onward to a third country); EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ also have unilateral 30-day visa-free through Dec 31 2026 · EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ passports: 30-day visa-free; USA: 240-hour transit with third-country onward ticket · full layover guide →.
Both dates share the same outbound: you land at Pudong at 06:55 and your onward flight leaves at 00:15 — a 17h 20m stop, which is a full day in Shanghai from breakfast until midnight, not a wait in a terminal.
The difference is the journey home. On the €700 / 31 Aug fare you get a second Shanghai day: you land back at Pudong at 05:00 and don’t leave until 01:20 the following night — another 20h 20m, roughly 37 hours in the city across the two visits. The price is a long way home: 43h 30m door to door.
On the €743 / 28 Sep fare the return is a straightforward 5h 50m evening connection — airport only — and you are home in 29 hours.
So the €43 between them is a real choice, not a rounding error: pay it for a materially shorter trip home, or keep it and spend a second day in Shanghai. Check the visa and transit rules for your own passport before planning to leave the airport — the layover guide below covers what applies.
✈️ Airport Guides
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31 Aug – 31 Oct€700✈︎ 38h 40m · 1 stopSkyscanner →
28 Sep – 31 Oct€743✈︎ 38h 40m · 1 stopSkyscanner →
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