India's airlines and airports received 999 hoax bomb threats this year as of 14 November, the country's deputy civil aviation minister told its parliament.
This was nearly 10 times more than the threats received in 2023, Mr Murlidhar Mohol said.
More than 500 of the year's threats were received just in the last two weeks of October.
The dramatic surge in hoax threats had wreaked havoc on flight schedules, causing widespread disruption in services.