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China Eastern Airlines became the first Chinese carrier in five years on Sunday to start a direct flight to India. The Chinese airline on Sunday launched its first Shanghai-Delhi flight with a 95 per cent passenger occupancy.

According to Jagran.com, China Eastern Airlines will operate three days a week- Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight will depart from Delhi at 8:00 PM on Sunday and arrive in Shanghai on Monday morning. The return flight from  

This China Eastern service will operate three days a week, on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The China Eastern flight will depart Delhi at 8:00 PM and arrive in Shanghai on Monday morning. The return flight will depart Shanghai at 12:30 PM and arrive in Delhi at 6:00 PM.

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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 hub of the eastern China Region, led by Shanghai.

“It will also help India to come closer to the fast-growing Eastern China Region, including the AI hub of Hangzhou and trading hubs of Yiwu and Keqiao, the textile capital of China,” Mathur added.  

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Indigo Flights Set To Start From November 10

IndiGo is officially set to resume its daily flight services from Delhi to Guangzhou on November 10. The flights will be operating from Netaji Subhash Airport in Kolkata to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. 

The flight services between the two sides were suspended following the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. They were not restored in view of the over-four-year border face-off in eastern Ladakh, which ended in October last year.

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Indo-China Relations

Indo-China relations had hit rock bottom since the 1962 war, following the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020. After a series of diplomatic and military talks, the two sides withdrew their troops from several friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

Subsequently, in October last year, the two sides inked the disengagement pact for Depsang and Demchok, the last two friction points.

Days after the agreement was finalised, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Kazan in Russia and took a number of decisions to improve the ties. Amongst the major decisions included improving international ties, resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and the resumption of direct flights. 

(With inputs from PTI)

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