Overview
- China Eastern begins Delhi–Shanghai services on November 9 operating on alternate days, with departures from Delhi at 8 pm and returns from Shanghai at 12:30 pm.
- IndiGo starts daily Delhi–Guangzhou flights on November 10 after inaugurating Kolkata–Guangzhou on October 26, with early flights reported full.
- Travel firms report strong pent-up demand across leisure, business and MICE travel, and Air India is preparing to relaunch China routes before year-end.
- Recent confidence-building steps include India resuming tourist visas for Chinese nationals, the reopening of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage and conditional permits for rare-earth magnet imports.
- Commander-level talks have produced localized disengagements including at Depsang and Demchok, yet analysts describe the broader thaw as incremental and fragile due to the unresolved border.