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The airline also said it is committed to expanding its footprint in India, going forward, with plans to relaunch Kolkata-Kunming and introduce a new route, Mumbai-Shanghai, in the near future.<\/p>\n
During the winter schedule, flight MU564 will depart from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at 19:55 pm, arriving at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai at 04:10 am the following day, China Eastern Airlines said in a statement.
The return flight MU563 departs from Shanghai at 12:50 pm and lands in Delhi at 17:45 pm, it said.<\/p>\n
Also read |<\/strong>\u00a0Japan\u2019s Chinese tourist boom slows amid simmering tensions<\/a><\/p>\n The rapid expansion, which comes in response to the robust demand and a commitment to strengthening air connectivity between India and China, follows the successful relaunch of the route in November 2025 after a five-year hiatus, it said.<\/p>\n While the route was initially planned for a phased increase from three to five weekly flights, the overwhelming response from both passengers and trade partners has prompted China Eastern to move directly to daily flights, it said.<\/p>\n The flight services between the two countries were suspended following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. They were not restored in view of the over-four-year border face-off in eastern Ladakh, which ended in October last year.<\/p>\n InterGlobe Air Transport, which is the exclusive General Sales Agent (GSA) for China Eastern Airlines in India manages the airline’s full commercial and operational functions, including sales, marketing, ticketing, and support.<\/p>\n