After 5 Yrs, You Can Travel Directly To China From India As IndiGo Resumes Kolkata-Guangzhou Route

We have some good news for all you travel lovers! After almost five years, direct flights between India and China have resumed. IndiGo restarted its Kolkata-Guangzhou route on Sunday, marking the first direct flight between the two countries since services were suspended in early 2020 due to the pandemic. Scroll on to know more about this.

India-China Direct Flights Resume After 5 Years

Travellers will not have to transit through hubs like Hong Kong or Singapore to reach Mainland China. According to NDTV, on October 26, IndiGo resumed commercial air services between India and China. The airline flew the first direct flight between Kolkata and China’s Guangzhou city in nearly five years on Sunday. This move is expected to boost business and tourism ties between the two nations, with flights from Delhi set to follow soon.

As per reports, IndiGo flew its A320 Neo aircraft from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 10 PM on Sunday. The flight was carrying 176 passengers. IndiGo flight 6E 1703 completed the journey in about three and a half hours. The airline will be connecting Kolkata to Guangzhou with daily non-stop flights.

NDTV reported that the resumption of flights between India and China was celebrated with a short ceremony at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. A ceremonial lamp was also lit up by one of the passengers before the flight began operations.

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Flight Operations To Begin From Delhi In November

Beyond Kolkata, IndiGo will also start direct flights on the New Delhi-Guangzhou route from November 10. Besides that, other airlines are also set to resume air connectivity between India and China. As per reports, China Eastern Airlines is all set to launch direct flights between Shanghai and Delhi from November 9. News18 also reported that Air India might also announce flights between New Delhi and Shanghai soon.

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We are glad that there will be no more layovers on flights between India and China. This will give a major boost to tourism while also strengthening trade and business ties between the two countries.

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