China to resume Delhi-Guangzhou direct flight after 6 years as Modi, Xi meet
China Southern Airlines said that it will resume regular passenger services on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route starting September 21.
China will restart direct flights between Delhi and Guangzhou after a six-year break, as announced by China Southern Airlines. This comes just before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in India for the BRICS Summit. The airline will begin regular passenger services on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route on September 21, operating over 100 flights weekly across its eight South Asian routes.
The suspension of air services between the two nations began in 2020 due to COVID-19 and later tensions from the Doklam and Galwan standoffs. In February, Air India resumed Delhi-China flights, six years after the suspension. This was followed by IndiGo's daily nonstop service from Kolkata to Shanghai in March and Air China's Beijing-Delhi service in April.
The Chinese side will now resume the Guangzhou-Delhi route. Xi Jinping is visiting India for the first time since 2019, attending the BRICS Summit and holding a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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