India, China Agree to Resume Flights 5 Years After Stoppage

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meeting in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, on January 27, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

India and China agreed in principle on Monday to resume direct flights between the two nations, nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent political tensions halted them.

The announcement came at the conclusion of a visit to Beijing by New Delhi’s top career diplomat and heralds the latest signs of a thaw in the frosty ties between the world’s two most populous nations.

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