Air connection between the two Asian neighbors has been restored after a five-year hiatus as ties improve Direct flights between China and India officially resumed on Sunday after a hiatus of five years. Following years of tense ties, the two neighbors first announced that air connection would be restored at the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in Kazan last October.  The first flight, an A320 Neo operated by Indian private carrier IndiGo,