"State-backed China Eastern Airlines will resume Shanghai-Delhi flights from November 9, the airline's website shows, as China and India resume direct air links amid a diplomatic thaw, largely triggered by aggressive United States trade policies, after a five-year freeze. The flights will operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, the airline's online ticket sales platform showed on Saturday."
"The announcement followed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to China in more than seven years, for a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation regional security bloc. The two sides discussed ways to improve trade ties, while Modi raised concerns about India's burgeoning bilateral trade deficit. Direct flights between the two countries were suspended during the COVID pandemic in 2020 and did not resume after deadly clashes along their Himalayan border led to a prolonged military stand-off later that year."
State-backed China Eastern Airlines will resume Shanghai-Delhi flights from November 9, operating three times weekly on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The resumption restores direct commercial air links between China and India after a five-year freeze and a diplomatic thaw largely triggered by aggressive United States trade policies. The restart followed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, where the two sides discussed improving trade ties and Modi raised concerns about India's growing bilateral trade deficit. IndiGo plans nonstop Kolkata-Guangzhou flights and Guangzhou Baiyun airport encouraged more direct routes. Direct flights were suspended during the 2020 COVID pandemic and remained halted after deadly Himalayan border clashes that year.
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