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India, China set to resume direct flights ‘as soon as next month’: Report

India and China plan to restart direct passenger flights after over five years, marking a diplomatic thaw amid strained ties and rising US tariffs on Indian imports.

  • On August 12th, 2025, India and China are set to resume direct passenger flights as early as next month, possibly announced around the SCO summit in Tianjin.
  • India-China ties deteriorated following deadly clashes in June 2020, and direct air connectivity has been suspended since the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • India's civil aviation authorities asked carriers such as Air India and IndiGo to be ready to launch flights, while Vikram Misri hosts Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong in Beijing.
  • Both sides have agreed to promote people-to-people exchanges, particularly between media and think tanks, and to hold 'certain functional dialogues' on trade and economic issues.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the SCO summit in Tianjin from August 31, as India and China plan to resume direct flights later this month.
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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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