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China Eastern Airlines started its Shanghai-Delhi work connected Sunday (November 9, 2025) with a 95% occupancy, becoming the archetypal mainland Chinese bearer this twelvemonth to resume nonstop flights to India aft a spread of 5 years.
Flight MU563, carrying 248 passengers, departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport for Delhi, the state-run Global Times reported.
Indian hose IndiGo volition statesman its regular Delhi-Guangzhou work from November 10.
China Eastern becomes the archetypal Chinese mainland-based hose successful 2025 to resume nonstop rider flights betwixt China and India, the study said, adding that the Shanghai-Delhi formation achieved a load origin of implicit 95%.
The Shanghai-Delhi way is considered a cardinal corridor linking 2 large economical centres and is expected to boost exchanges successful trade, system and culture, the study said.
Flights betwixt India and the Chinese mainland resumed connected October 26 erstwhile an IndiGo craft landed astatine Guangzhou successful Guangdong state from Kolkata, ending a hiatus that began with the COVID-19 pandemic successful 2020. Services were not restored owed to the subject standoff betwixt the 2 countries successful eastbound Ladakh, which ended successful October past year.
China Eastern's Shanghai Pudong-Delhi route, operated by an Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft, volition tally 3 times a week connected Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The hose said it plans to summation frequencies based connected marketplace request and besides aims to resume the Kunming-Kolkata work and motorboat a caller Shanghai-Mumbai route.
Bilateral relations betwixt Indian and China deed their lowest constituent since the 1962 warfare aft the Galwan Valley clashes successful June 2020. Following respective rounds of diplomatic and subject talks, the 2 sides withdrew troops from assorted friction points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) successful eastbound Ladakh.
A disengagement pact for Depsang and Demchok, the past 2 friction points, was finalised successful October past year.
Days aft the agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met successful Kazan, Russia, and decided connected steps to stabilise bilateral ties.
In caller months, the 2 sides person taken a bid of measures to rebuild engagement, including resuming the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and restoring formation services.
