After 3-yr lull, IndiGo to resume flights to China, Myanmar from March 2023

IndiGo used to operate daily flights on Delhi-Chengdu, Kolkata-Guangzhou, Kolkata-Yangon routes till early 2020

After three years of Covid-induced break, IndiGo will resume daily flights from India to Guangzhou and Chengdu in China and Yangon in Myanmar from March 27 next year, Business Standard has learnt.

IndiGo's decision to restart these flights has come at a time when Air India, under the Tata Group, is leasing 30 planes to boost its domestic and international operations significantly.

Amid China's stringent Covid-19 policies and its border dispute with India, there are currently no flights operating between the two countries.

Meanwhile, 12 flights currently operate every week on the India-Myanmar routes. Ten of these are operated by