Originally Posted by
Didar56
I believe your primary choices (for shortest itinerary) will be between Air China (transiting through Beijing), Asiana (transiting through Seoul), and ANA (transiting through Tokyo).
All 3 of these will be between 18 to 18.5 hours.
Personally, my choice would be ANA or Asiana over Air China. But both of these will be more costly...probably USD$900 or so more than Air China (assuming Economy class here). I have received great service on both ANA and Asiana.
Another possible choice is Korean Air, at about 20 hours (transiting through Seoul), for about USD$300 over Air China.
These prices are approximate at the current time. Don't know what timeframe you are looking at for your trip.
You could also consider Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong, at about 15-16 hours, and then an onward 50 minute flight to Guangzhou on Dragonair. I believe your layover in HKG will probably be about 1 hour or so.
First of all, as I noted in post #2, the nonstop is clearly the shortest flight.
Second, I have to wonder where you got that $900 price difference because I'm seeing lots of fares on JL and NH that are within $150 of the lowest fare on the route ($532 RT on MU; not much availability on this guy).
Third, the train to/from HK is more convenient than flying IMO.