[ KJM Varma ]

BEIJING, 8 Nov: Chinese airline China Eastern is set to begin its Delhi-Shanghai flight from Sunday, days after IndiGo’s flight to Guangzhou from Kolkata, marking the resumption of flight services between the two countries after a gap of five years.

The China Eastern flight will leave Delhi at 8 pm and arrive in Shanghai early Monday.

It will leave Shanghai at 12:30 pm and reach Delhi by evening 6 pm. The flight will operate on alternate days.

India’s Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, who plans to greet the passengers coming from Delhi by the China Eastern flight, said that the resumption of the flight services will usher in a new age of greater connectivity and encourage stronger people-to-people ties between India, the fastest growing economy, and the business

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