IndiGo announces daily flights between Delhi and China's Guangzhou from November 10

Following the recent diplomatic initiatives between India and China, IndiGo on Saturday announced the resumption of its direct flights to Guangzhou from Delhi, starting November 10. Earlier, IndiGo had announced daily flights between Kolkata and Guangzhou, beginning October 26, 2025.

IndiGo operated flights between India and China before the pandemic and has many of the necessary arrangements and processes already in place, the low-cost airline said in a statement. "The past experience and familiarity with local partners will enable IndiGo to resume these flights swiftly."

There have been no direct flights between China and India since 2020, even though China is India's biggest bilateral trade partner.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited China a month ago for the first time in seven years to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation regional security bloc.

Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that India and China were development partners, not rivals, and discussed ways to strengthen trade ties amid global tariff uncertainty.

Modi also conveyed India’s commitment to improving ties and raised concerns about its widening trade deficit with China, which stands at nearly $99.2 billion.

He emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and stability along their disputed border, where a clash in 2020 triggered a five-year military standoff.