[Global Times Report Reporter Li Meng] Comprehensive "Hindustan Times" and AFP reported on the 26th that India and China resumed direct flights on the same day. The first flight was carried out by Indigo Airlines, India's largest airline, and flew from Kolkata to Guangzhou at 10 pm on Indian Standard Time. It marks an "important step towards rebuilding relations" between Asia's two most populous countries after five years. Previously, there are already scheduled flights between India and China Hong Kong, and flights from the Indian capital New Delhi to Shanghai and Guangzhou will also open in November.

Agence France-Presse said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, direct flights between India and China were suspended, and about 500 flights were grounded every month. The city of Calcutta has a historical relationship with China for hundreds of years, and Sino-Indian fusion dishes are still an important part of Calcutta cuisine. Local residents and business leaders welcomed the resumption of direct flights, believing that it would revive tourism, promote trade and facilitate family reunion. Rajiv Singh, president of the Kolkata Chamber of Commerce, said the direct flight route would benefit businesses by reducing logistics and transit times.

A spokesman for the China Embassy in India posted on social media on the 26th:"The resumption of direct flights between China and India has become a reality." The Hindustan Times stated that this became an important milestone in restoring normal travel links between the two countries. The Indian government said the resumption of flights would promote "personnel exchanges" and help "gradually normalize bilateral exchanges."

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said that China is willing to work with the Indian side to view and deal with China-India relations from a strategic altitude and long-term perspective, promote the sustained healthy and stable development of relations between the two countries, better benefit the two countries and the people of the two countries, and make the appropriate contribution to safeguarding the peaceful prosperity of Asia and even the world.

At the time of China-India¡¯s resumption of direct flights, the relationship between the two countries is gradually easing due to border confrontation. Indian media said that during this month¡¯s lightning festival, the two soldiers gave each other candy on the border line was a ¡°show of goodwill¡±. Trade between the two countries has also recovered, and India¡¯s Ministry of Commerce data showed that last month India¡¯s imports from China rose to more than $110 billion, up to 16 percent. India¡¯s exports to China were $14.7 billion, up from about 34 percent. The Indian government has also announced that it has resumed issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens since July 24. This is the first recovery since India suspended issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens in 2020. However, compared to five years ago, the tourist visa process is