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File this under: two disparate data points that may have significant geopolitical implications.
On Oct. 27, IndiGo, India’s largest carrier, said it resumed service between Kolkata and Guangzhou, marking the reopening of a non-stop commercial air link to China after five years. IndiGo will restart flights between Delhi and Guangzhou on Nov. 10 and China Eastern will fly between Shanghai and Delhi on Nov. 9.
Entirely separately, on Oct. 28, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation to license domestic production for Indian carriers of the updated Russified Yakovlev SJ-100, the 95-seat regional jet formerly from its Sukhoi unit. The agreement marks the first time India will perform production of a passenger aircraft, according to Russian state media, which did not identify the scope of the work that would be completed in India. “Details of the joint work are being discussed only and will be known later,” the Russian corporation said in a report on Russian news agency TASS.
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