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China Eastern Airlines to resume flights between Shanghai and Delhi from Nov 9
The flights between the two cities will operate every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
China Eastern Airlines is set to resume round-trip flights between Shanghai and New Delhi from November 9, in an ongoing move towards normalisation of India-China ties.
The two countries had announced resuming direct flights between selected cities after a five-year hiatus during a meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in August this year.
The flights between the two cities will operate every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. The outbound flight from Shanghai's Pudong Airport will depart at 12:50 PM and arrive at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 5:45 PM (local time).
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Meanwhile, the return flight will depart from Delhi at 7:55 PM and arrive in Shanghai Pudong at 4:10 AM the next day. The airline has also started the sale of tickets for the route, set to start next month.
The Chinese airline has selected the A330-200 aircraft for the route, which is known for its long-range performance and a comfortable cabin environment, a company statement said.
Earlier this month, IndiGo announced daily flights to China's Guangzhou from Kolkata from October 26. The airline is also expected to launch flights between Delhi and Guangzhou.
Direct flights to China stopped during the Covid-19 pandemic and continued after border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops in April-May 2020 took bilateral ties to a new low.
The border standoff continued between both the countries amid heavy troop deployment on both the sides in the Ladakh sector of the LAC. An understanding was reached between the two sides last October and the forces disengaged from “friction points” of Demchok and Depsang.
