Flights Shanghai → Paris
PVG → CDG
Route overview
This flight route connects Shanghai with Paris, featuring a perfect on-time performance rate of 100% and an average arrival one minute and forty-two seconds ahead of schedule based on the fifteen flights recorded. The diverse fleet includes aircraft such as Boeing 777-200, Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A380-800, Airbus A330, and Airbus A330-200, serving one of Europe's busiest airports which welcomed over sixty-seven million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Shanghai (PVG) → Paris (CDG) route is operated by Air France. Across 15 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Paris the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Shanghai the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Paris: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Shanghai (PVG) to Paris (CDG) heads north-west for about 9,266 km, a flight time of roughly 12h 0m.
Departures from Shanghai on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 80% of PVG-CDG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Shanghai the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Paris it is 3.2 min (atfm).
Across 15 tracked PVG-CDG flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -2 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
Airlines operating PVG-CDG
Airports
Frequently asked questions about PVG-CDG
On the Shanghai (PVG) -> Paris (CDG) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -2 minutes, based on 15 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Shanghai-Paris is 0.00% across 15 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Air France.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
