The affected flights include 82 direct and 77 transit services operated by 11 airlines.
Passengers with luggage wait outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after flights were cancelled following the closure of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 11 October 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/File
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Passengers with luggage wait outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after flights were cancelled following the closure of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 11 October 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/File
Operational restrictions at Saudi Arabian airports have affected 159 direct and transit flights, involving 22,721 passengers, according to the latest data from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh’s (Caab) ASM Flight Management.
Of the affected flights, 82 were direct and 77 were transit flights.
Among direct flights, Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudia Airlines had 37 and 20 flights affected, respectively. Riyadh Airways recorded 15 affected flights, while US-Bangla Airlines had 10.
Among transit flights, IndiGo recorded the highest number of affected flights, with 30, followed by Emirates with 14, Qatar Airways with nine, flydubai and Air India with eight each, SalamAir with seven and EgyptAir with one.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines initially suspended its Riyadh-bound flights, citing passenger safety concerns following a series of attacks on Saudi airports in early October.
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