By Admin 
In the direction of normalizing India-China relations, China Eastern Airlines is preparing to restart round-trip flights between Shanghai and New Delhi from 9 November 2025. This flight between the two cities will run every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The airline will use Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft on this route, in which passengers will get better comfort and Wi-Fi facilities during long distance travel.
Flight timings between New Delhi-Shanghai
China Eastern Airlines flight MU563 will depart from Shanghai at 12:50 pm and reach Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at 5:45 pm. Whereas flight MU564 will depart from Delhi at 7:55 pm and reach Shanghai at 4:10 am the next morning. The airline has also started selling tickets for this route, which is expected to strengthen the trade, education, technology and tourism sectors.
Connectivity between the two countries will increase: Airlines
During the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin in August this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had announced the resumption of direct flights between selected cities of the two countries. On behalf of China Eastern Airlines, it was said that this step will add new energy to the contacts and business relations between the two countries.
Indigo had also announced to start flights
Earlier this month, IndiGo had announced to start daily flights from Kolkata to Guangzhou, China from October 26. The airline is also expected to start flight operations between Delhi and Guangzhou. IndiGo CEO Peter Elbers had said on October 3, “We are extremely excited to announce the resumption of direct flights between India and China. We are proud to be among the first airlines to launch direct flights to China from two cities. This step will also strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
Flights between India and China were stopped during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, even after everything was back on track, flights between the two countries did not start. Due to the violent clash in Galwan Valley and failure to agree on the air bubble agreement, aviation links between the two countries remained stalled for a long time.