Direct flights between India and China resume tonight after a five-year suspension, signaling one of the clearest signs yet of a gradual thaw in ties between the two Asian giants.

The first IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Guangzhou is scheduled to take off at 10 pm on October 26, ending a hiatus that began in 2020 amid the pandemic and border tensions in Ladakh.

Flights between Shanghai and New Delhi will restart from November 9, operated by China Eastern Airlines, while IndiGo will add a Delhi–Guangzhou route a day later on November 10.

‘A positive step forward’: China calls it a sign of renewed goodwill

China hailed the move as a 'positive measure to boost people-to-people exchanges,' with its Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun saying the resumption marks the “latest progress in

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