Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- China Eastern Airlines will resume its Delhi-Shanghai flight service today (Nov 9), restoring direct air connectivity between India and China for the first time in more than five years.

The move follows IndiGo's reintroduction of its Kolkata-Guangzhou route earlier this week.

The China Eastern flight will depart Delhi at 8 PM, arriving in Shanghai early on Monday (Nov 10).

The return flight from Shanghai will leave at 12:30 PM, arriving in Delhi at 6 PM. The service will operate on alternate days.

Pratik Mathur, India's Consul General in Shanghai, will be on hand to greet passengers on the inaugural flight. He highlighted the significance of the resumed flights for strengthening India-China connectivity and promoting ...