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China on Thursday (October 09, 2025) termed the resumption of direct flights with India after a gap of five years as a positive step. China said that this shows that both the countries are working sincerely on the agreement reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping to strengthen bilateral relations.
Addressing the first press conference after China’s eight-day national holiday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that flights will resume by the end of October. India had announced on October 2 that direct flights to China would resume from October 26.
‘India and China are working honestly’
Guo said in response to a question, ‘This latest step shows how the two countries are sincerely working on the important common understanding reached between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tianjin on August 31.’
Modi and Jinping met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin and welcomed the positive and steady progress in bilateral relations since their last meeting in Kazan, Russia in October 2024.
‘China ready to become a good neighbor and partner’
Guo said China is willing to work with India to view and manage bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective and become good neighbors and partners who cooperate for each other’s success. He used the metaphor of a ‘dragon and elephant cooperative relationship’ to emphasize the shared responsibilities of China and India in achieving peace, prosperity and better outcomes for the peoples of both countries and for Asia as a whole.
Flight services resume between India and China
Chinese airlines like Air China previously operated flights between the two countries, but have not yet formally announced plans to restart flights. Sources said that Indian airline Indigo and China Eastern will be the first two airlines to resume direct flights between the two countries.
IndiGo had said in a statement that it plans to operate daily flights from Kolkata to Guangzhou from October 26. Flight services between the two countries were suspended in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was not reinstated in view of the border standoff that had continued for more than four years in eastern Ladakh.
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