According to police, the flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Raipur airport after a passenger identified as Animesh Mandal raised a bomb alert on the flight.
With the addition of these four new routes, Air India Express now operates 104 weekly flights from Bhubaneswar, connecting the city to 11 major domestic destinations
An Air India Express spokesperson told PTI in a statement that they, along with a few other operators, received a "specific" security threat from an unverified social media handle.
SpiceJet hit a new low with its market share shrinking by 80 bps to 2.3 per cent (month-on-month) in August, largely due to financial woes and increased grounding, carrying just 3.01 lakh domestic passengers.
Air India had announced on August 2 that it would suspend its services to Tel Aviv until August 8 in response to the heightening tensions in the Middle East.