Factbox: Airlines cancel flights to Saudi Arabia after Riyadh airport attacks

Delta Air Lines

Tue 10:42

Updates with reopening of Riyadh airport in paragraph 2 and extensions of flight suspensions by several airlines.
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Airlines are cancelling flights to Saudi Arabia following the deadly attacks on Riyadh airport by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis earlier in October, extending disruption to air travel across the region.
The ⁠airport reopened on Saturday, but airlines are required to seek permission from Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority for any departures or landings.
Here is a list of measures taken by airlines in alphabetical order:
     
AIR FRANCE-KLM AIRF.PA 
The Franco-Dutch group has extended its previous suspension of services to and from the ​Saudi capital up to and including November 7, while flights to Dubai remain suspended up to and including October 31.
     
AIR INDIA
The Indian carrier has extended the suspension of flights to and from Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah until October 24.
       
AKASA AIR SNVA.NS 
The Mumbai-based ‌budget carrier has suspended flights to and from Jeddah and Riyadh through October 27.
     
CATHAY PACIFIC 0293.HK 
The Hong Kong flag carrier postponed the resumption of its Hong Kong–Dubai and Hong Kong–Riyadh routes through January 31, 2027.
     
DELTA DAL.N 
The US airline will delay its planned flights from Atlanta to Riyadh until March 2027. It also issued a travel waiver allowing passengers to change or cancel their flights to, from and through Riyadh from October 23 to March 27.
     
ETIHAD AIRWAYS
The Abu Dhabi-based carrier cancelled all flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh and between Abu Dhabi and Dammam through October 24. It also cancelled four flights between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah through October 24. 
     
GULF AIR
Bahrain's flag carrier initially cancelled flights to and from Riyadh from October 12 to October 17. As of October 20, flights remained suspended.
     
INDIGO
Flights to and from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah remain cancelled until October 24.
     
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE
Carriers owned by the German airline group have cancelled all flights to and from Riyadh until November 18.
     
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
The Kuala Lumpur-based carrier resumed flights to and from Jeddah and Madinah on October 18.
     
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES
The Philippines flag carrier extended the suspension of flights to and from Riyadh until November 29.
     
QATAR AIRWAYS
The Qatari carrier has ​temporarily suspended flights to ​and from ​Riyadh and Dammam.

(Reporting by Mirko Miorelli and Fabrizio La Rocca in Gdansk; Editing by Shreya Biswas and Milla Nissi-Prussak)
((Mirko.Miorelli@thomsonreuters.com;))