China Eastern to resume Shanghai Pudong–Delhi service Nov. 9 after five‑year hiatus

China Eastern will resume Shanghai Pudong–Delhi scheduled service from Nov. 9, ending a near five‑year suspension. The airline will operate three weekly round trips (Wed/Sat/Sun) with an A330‑200, scheduled at 7h25 Shanghai→Delhi and 5h45 Delhi→Shanghai, and will be sole operator on the route.

Discovered 2025-10-20T19:30:41.162736-07:00 | 2025-10-20T19:30:41.162736-07:00

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Restores direct China–India connectivity as governments reopen links; China Eastern will operate three weekly A330‑200 round trips from Nov. 9 with published block times of 7h25/5h45 — a significant capacity reintroduction following the bilateral pause. See the agreement to resume direct commercial passenger flights.
The carrier will be the sole scheduled operator on Shanghai–Delhi, and its timetable is engineered to enable same‑day connections to Japan services, affecting transfer flows and hub feed into Delhi.
The relaunch follows Chinese carriers' applications for Indian authorisation and reflects the broader diplomatic thaw and regulatory clearances that ended the five‑year suspension; this sequence will influence which carriers and frequencies return to the market. See carriers that applied to DGCA to restart direct India flights.

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