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Passenger occupancy on several domestic routes from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar has fallen below 40 percent during the monsoon months, prompting airlines to suspend or curtail services.

Airport director Prasanna Pradhan confirmed that owing to this, the Kochi flight has been withdrawn due to low bookings, though services are expected to resume with the onset of the festive season, reported The Times of India.

According to the reports, flights to Kochi, Port Blair, Indore, and Dehradun have seen consistently poor bookings since the beginning of the monsoon. In some cases, fewer than four out of ten s...