Kolkata (PTI): After a hiatus of over four years, direct commercial air services between Kolkata and mainland China's Guangzhou city resumed on Sunday with the first flight taking off from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here at 10 pm, an official said.

The A320 neo aircraft of private carrier IndiGo flew off from the airport with 176 passengers, the official said.

Direct flights were operational between the two countries till early 2020 before being suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The services remained suspended in view of the eastern Ladakh border row.

Private carrier IndiGo resumed direct commercial passenger flight services to China, connecting Kolkata to Guangzhou with daily non-stop flights, following recent diplomatic initiatives.

The occasion wa

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