In this file photograph, an Air India airlines jet flies over Nickerson Beach Park in Lido Beach, New York state on Sept. 4, 2023. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
India and China will resume direct flights between designated cities after a five-year suspension, India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced on Oct. 2.
The restart of direct flights between the two countries at the end of this month is part of the “gradual normalization of relations between India and China,” the ministry said in a statement.
