India-China Direct Flights To Resume Soon? Here’s What Aviation Minister Says | Mobility News

Naidu, Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam and other senior officials met with the representatives from China on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation in the national capital.

In a post on X, Naidu said he along with senior officials had a courtesy meeting with a Chinese delegation led by Song Zhiyong.

The meeting focused on exchange of views regarding “further strengthening civil aviation cooperation between the two countries, especially promoting early resumption of scheduled passenger flights between us,” the minister said in the post.

However, the post was deleted a few hours later.

Earlier, before the post was deleted, Naidu told reporters that the Chinese side mentioned about resumption of direct flights but no decision has been taken. A decision will be taken after discussions with the external affairs ministry and other stakeholders, he added.

Currently, there are no direct  between India and China. The services stopped at the time of coronavirus pandemic.

IndiGo and Air India had flight services to China.