After starting two flights to China last year, IndiGo on Thursday announced that it would be starting daily flight on the Mumbai-Chengdu route from March 15.
Currently, IndiGo connects India with two destinations in China Chengdu with Delhi and Guangzhou with Kolkata - with daily direct flights.
"Having entered China in September 2019, IndiGo is now connecting India's financial capital Mumbai, with China's city of the pandas Chengdu.
"Besides being a popular destination for Indian travellers, China is also the world's largest source of travellers, over 100 million outbound trips estimated in 2020," saidWilliam Boulter, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo.