IndiGo Flight 6E1703 from Kolkata touched down in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shortly before 4am, officially resuming nonstop air links that had been suspended since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent geopolitical tensions.
The neighbors and world’s two most populous nations remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have eased gradually since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.
