Originally Posted by iahphx
Looking at the airline schedules, and to my surprise, it seems like all the Shanghai flights to Xian leave from the Pudong airport, and not Hongqiao.
I had to see it to believe it, but it appears that you are right. Given this, I suggest the following options:
1) do Hangzhou instead of Suzhou (it has an airport and I like it a lot more)
2) fly to Nanjing, spend a day there, and take a train/bus to Suzhou.