NEW DELHI: India is set to resume direct flights with China in late October, its foreign ministry said, with no commercial airlines having operated between the world’s two most populous countries for the past five years. The nuclear-armed neighbors were locked in a standoff triggered by deadly clashes along their Himalayan border, known as the Line of Actual Control, in 2020. Tens of thousands of troops, tanks, and artillery have been deployed on both sides of the LAC, with both countries also building roads, bunkers, and airstrips in the high-altitude region.

India and China to resume direct flights in October 2025 after a five-year suspension, facilitating bilateral exchanges.

India's IndiGo airline said that it would restart direct flights between Kolkata and Guangzhou from 26 October.