China Eastern Airlines to resume Shanghai-Delhi flights from November 9

China Eastern Airlines is resuming flight operations from Shanghai to Delhi from November 9 onwards, following changes in the diplomatic relations between the neighbouring nations.

Ministry of External Affairs said earlier this month that commercial flights between the two neighbouring countries would restart after a five-year freeze.

India's largest carrier, IndiGo, also announced it would start daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Guangzhou.


There have been no direct flights between China and India since 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited China a month ago for the first time in seven years to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation regional security bloc. PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that India and China were development partners, not rivals, and discussed ways to strengthen trade ties amid global tariff uncertainty.

PM Modi also conveyed India’s commitment to improving ties and raised concerns about its widening trade deficit with China, which stands at nearly $99.2 billion. He emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and stability along their disputed border, where a clash in 2020 triggered a five-year military standoff.