India, China Resume Direct Flights After Five-Year Gap, First IndiGo Service Takes Off From Kolkata

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New Delhi: After more than five years, direct passenger flights between India and China have officially resumed, marking a significant step toward normalising ties between the two neighbouring countries. On Sunday night, IndiGo’s flight 1703 departed from Kolkata at 9:53 p.m. for Guangzhou, re-establishing a direct air link that had been suspended since the onset of the pandemic. The journey took approximately three and a half hours.

The new service signals the first phase of a broader resumption of air connectivity between the two Asian powers. IndiGo will follow up with a New Delhi–Guangzho

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