Direct flights between India and China finally resume from today, after five years. China had earlier said the resumption of direct flights between the two countries is a positive step to boost people-to-people exchanges. The first flight between the two countries is scheduled to take off today at 10 pm.

The IndiGo flight between Kolkata-Guangzhou is scheduled to take off on October 26. Flights from Shanghai to New Delhi will resume from November 9. Meanwhile, IndiGo’s Delhi to Guangzhou flight will begin from November 10.

India had announced on October 2 that direct flights to China would resume from October 26. Marking the development, Spokesperson of Chinese Embassy in India, Yu Jing, took to X and posted, “Direct flights between China and India are now a reality. Kolkata → Guangzhou

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