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The first direct flight between India and China in more than five years took off from Kolkata on Sunday night, amid a thaw in relations between the two Asian giants.

IndiGo flight 1703 departed from Kolkata at 9:53 p.m. local time for Guangzhou, southern China, completing the journey in about three and a half hours. The airline is also set to begin a New Delhi-Guangzhou service from 10 November, while China Eastern Airlines will launch direct flights between Shanghai and Delhi from 9 November.

Kolkata, West Bengal: The first commercial flight from India to China in five years takes off (Video source: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport) pic.twitter.com/9YcU0xM4Rc — IANS (@ians_india) October 26, 2025

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