Rome to Shanghai, China — Business Class from €1511

Business Class Deal

🥂 Egyptair Business — lie-flat bed, 2 × 32 kg bags, Star Alliance lounge access

Rome ↔ Shanghai via Cairo · 15h 35m total · 787 / A330 on both long-haul legs

This deal vs. typical deal price for this route — verified 27 May 2026 at 16:06 UTC

• Seat: Lie-flat bed on both Rome-Cairo and Cairo-Shanghai legs — 787-9 Dreamliner with reverse-herringbone 1-2-1 (all aisle access) or A330-300 in 2-2-2 staggered. Older 777-300ER substitutions on the Cairo-Shanghai run have 1-2-1 too.
• Checked baggage: 2 × 32 kg pieces included on the international ticket.
• Cabin baggage: 2 carry-on bags (12 kg combined) + 1 personal item under the seat.
• Lounge access: Plaza Premium Lounge at Rome Fiumicino (FCO) Terminal 3 (Egyptair operates from T3 not T1), Egyptair Star Alliance Lounge at Cairo Terminal 3, Air China Star Alliance Lounge at Shanghai Pudong (PVG).
• Priority: dedicated business-class check-in, fast-track security at FCO/CAI, priority boarding, priority baggage delivery.
• Meal: Multi-course Egyptian-international cuisine — koshari and ful medames on Cairo departures, Italian-Mediterranean small plates on the FCO leg, Chinese-Western fusion on Shanghai approach. All galleys are halal-only.
• Visa note: Italian passports get 30-day visa-free entry to China through 31 December 2026. Egypt transit at CAI: under-24h international-to-international transit doesn't require an Egyptian visa; you stay airside. If you take the 8h 30m return layover and want to leave the airport for a city visit, Egypt offers a 96-hour Visa on Arrival (~$25 USD) for EU citizens — enough time for a Pyramids day-trip and back.

Bag Type	Dimensions / Weight	Included
👜 Personal Item	Included	✅ Yes
🎒 Cabin Bag	2 carry-on bags (12 kg)	✅ Yes
🧳 Checked Bag	2 × 32 kg	✅ Yes

🌍 About Shanghai

Shanghai is the great east-meets-west city — 25 million people split between Puxi's tree-lined French Concession lanes and Pudong's futuristic skyline, the two sides facing each other across the Huangpu River. The Bund, the colonial-era waterfront, is the city's most photographed walk — art deco bank facades on one side, the Shanghai Tower (the world's second-tallest building, at 632 metres) lit up on the other. Yu Garden in the old city walls is a Ming-dynasty classical garden, and the surrounding bazaar makes some of the best xiaolongbao soup dumplings in China. The French Concession is where most travellers end up wandering: plane-tree streets, small jazz bars, restored shikumen lane houses around Xintiandi and Tianzifang. The maglev train from Pudong airport runs at 431 km/h into town. Visa-free entry to China for EU citizens (incl. Italians) is in effect through end-2026.