XishuangBanna – Shangri-La (Diqing) Flights

Xishuangbanna – Shangri-La Flights offer the flight schedules and ticket booking between Xishuangbanna and Shangri-La, which are two popular destinations for domesticand international tourists. Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, located in the southernmost part of Yunnan Province, is a minority autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province. It has the only rainforest nature reserve in China, where many rare animals and plants live. The annual Water splashing Festival is held in Xishuangbanna on April 13-15 and is known as the Oriental Carnival. Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Diqing Shangri-La Airport is an airport serving Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The airport does not have any taxiways(other than the one leading to the terminal building), requiring planes landing there to backtaxi to the terminal building.

Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport西双版纳嘎洒机场
Address: Jichang(airport) Highway, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna西双版纳傣族自治州景洪市机场公路
Tel: 0691-2159129/0691-2159130
Airport Transportation: There are airport shuttle buses and taxis departing from Xishuangbanna Airport every day.

Diqing Shangri-La Airport迪庆香格里拉机场
Address: Southwestern Shangri-La, Yunnan云南香格里拉西南部
Tel: 86 887 822 9916
Airport Transportation: There are airport shuttle buses and taxis departing from Diqing Shangri-La Airport every day.

Xishuangbanna to Shangri-La (Diqing) Flight Schedule

Everyweek, there will be around 8 flights departing from Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport and arriving at Diqing Shangri-La Airport, provided by China Eastern Airlines, Xiangpen Airlines and Kunming Airlines. There is no direct flight runs from Xishuangbanna to Diqing Shangri-La Airport and the rest non-direct flights are available on everyday and stopover at Kunming. The non-direct takes about 4 hours to 9 hours. See below detailed flight schedules.

Flight No. Airlines Departure Arrival Duration Plane Stopover Full Price
MU5912/MU5931(Mon,Tue,
Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun)		 China Eastern Airlines 0:30 8:00 7h30m Boeing737 Kunming 890￥
Economy Class
MU5906/MU5933(Mon,Wed) China Eastern Airlines 17:35 22:20 4h45m Boeing737 Kunming 890￥
Economy Class
MU5902/MU5931(Mon,Wed,
Fri)		 China Eastern Airlines 23:00 8:00 9h Boeing737 Kunming 890￥
Economy Class
8L9901/MU5933(Mon,Wed,
Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun)		 Xiangpen Airlines/China Eastern Airlines 17:40 22:20 4h40m Boening737 Kunming 1210￥
Economy Class
KY8342/MU5931(Mon,Wed,
Fri)		 Kunming Airlines/China Eastern Airlines 23:45 8:00 8h15m Boeing737 Kunming 1309￥
Economy Class
KY8250/MU5931(Mon,Wed,
Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun)		 Kunming Airlines/China Eastern
Airlines		 0:55 8:00 8h5m Boeing737 Kunming 1397￥
Economy Class
MU5791/MU5933(Tue) China Eastern Airlines 13:25 22:25 9h Boeing737 Kunming 890￥
Economy Class
MU5908/MU5935(Tue,Sat) China Eastern Airlines 11:50 16:55 5h5m Boeing737 Kunming 1780￥
Economy Class

Shangri-La (Diqing) to Xishuangbanna Flight Schedule

Everyweek, there will be around 7 flights departing from Diqing Shangri-La Airport arriving at Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport, provided by China Eastern Airlines, Xiangpen Airlines and Kunming Airlines. There is no direct flight runs from Diqing Shangri-La Airport to Xishaungbanna Gasa Airport and the rest non-direct flights are available on everyday and stopover at Kunming. The non-direct takes about 4 hours to 11 hours. See below detailed flight schedules.

Flight No. Airlines Departure Arrival Duration Plane Stopover Full Price
MU5936/MU5901(Mon,
Thu,Sat,Sun)		 China Eastern Airlines 22:30 10:05 11H25M Boeing737 Kunming 890￥
Economy Class
MU5936/DR5021(Mon,
Sat,Sun)		 China Eastern Airlines/Ruili Airlines 22:30 7:30 9h Boeing737 Kunming 1190￥
Economy Class
KY8288/8L9912(Mon,
Wed,Fri,Sun)		 Kunming Airlines/Xiangpen Airlines 18:20 1:00 6h40m Boeing737 Kunming 1195￥
Economy Class
MU5940/MU5907(Mon,
Thu)		 China Eastern Airlines 15:45 19:50 4h40m Boening737 Kunming 1210￥
Economy Class
8L9850/8L9910(Tue,
Thu)		 Xiangpen Airlines 9:05 15:55 6h50m Boeing737 Kunming 1299￥
Economy Class
MU5940/8L9904(Tue,
Wed,Sun)		 China Eastern Airlines/
Xiangpen
Airlines		 15:55 23:05 7h10m Boeing737 Kunming 1340￥
Economy Class

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