India, July 15 -- A month after launching operations at the Noida International airport, Akasa Air has discontinued flights to Navi Mumbai and Bengaluru from Monday onwards, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the flights, however, are likely to resume from October 1.

Notably, the airline had launched its non-stop Noida-Navi Mumbai flight (QP 2018) and Noida-Bengaluru flight (QP 1576) on June 16, a day after IndiGo started commercial operations from Noida International Airport on June 15.

Talking to HT, Akasa Air explained that the latest change is actually driven by factors such as customer demand, seasonality, operational efficiencies, and aircraft deployment.

"At Akasa Air, we continuously optimise our network and schedules based...