Direct flights between Kolkata, China's Guangzhou to resume on October 26

After a hiatus of implicit 4 years, nonstop flights betwixt Kolkata and China's Guangzhou metropolis volition resume connected Sunday (October 26, 2025), with the archetypal 1 scheduled to instrumentality disconnected astatine 10 p.m., said an authoritative astatine the NSCBI airdrome successful Kolkata.

Direct flights were operational betwixt the 2 countries till aboriginal 2020 earlier being suspended owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The services remained suspended successful presumption of the eastbound Ladakh borderline row.

Following caller diplomatic initiatives, backstage bearer IndiGo said it volition resume services to China, connecting Kolkata to Guangzhou with daily, non-stop flights, starting October 26.

"The archetypal formation is scheduled to permission Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport astatine 10 p.m. today," the authoritative said.