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India and China progress towards reintroduction of direct flights
April 11th 2025
Two of the world’s largest economies are planning to resume direct flights, Hindu BusinessLine reports. Read More » Following a recent “cooling of tensions”, China officials have met with their counterparts in India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, the report said. “Multiple stakeholders are involved in the overall talks that include issues such as visas. After this process is completed, it will be up to airlines to ready their ground operations at destination airports by deploying adequate manpower and securing regulatory approvals,” sources told BusinessLine. The unnamed sources said streamlining of slot allocation, renewal of ground handling contracts and other procedures have started. “For the first time, we will see the entry of Chinese low-cost airlines into India operating to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai,” Martin Consultancy told BusinessLine.
