{"id":230991,"date":"2026-10-13T14:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=230991"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:17:07","slug":"air-transport-situation-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/situation-transport-aerien-arabie-saoudite","title":{"rendered":"Uncertain situation for air transport to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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83% flights have been cancelled today, and the same number for arrivals: this is the statistic produced this Monday morning by the website flightradar24.com, which tracks the movements of aircraft around the world, for the\u2019Riyadh airport<\/a> in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation has effectively become unpredictable for Saudi air traffic, which is now the target of missiles fired by the Houthi armed groups from Yemen. Last week, the group warned international civil aviation authorities that it considered the Saudi sky a target of war and that planes flying into the country were not immune from attacks. Proof of this was the three consecutive attacks in one week on the capital\u2019s airport, Riyadh, as well as the missile that hit the north of Dammam airport, near Bahrain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to the announcements, it seems that the Riyadh airport is operational but with a very limited number of flights, just to ensure connections mainly to Dubai, Cairo and Istanbul, as well as for domestic flights.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n