Passengers walk across the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Oct. 12, 2026, as Saudi Arabia-bound flights remain cancelled a day after a Houthi strike at Riyadh's international airport. (Credit: Piyas Biswas/AFP)
Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport in Saudi Arabia will remain closed until 9 p.m. GMT on Oct. 17, according to a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) issued on Monday, following a series of deadly attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis.
Meanwhile, the UAE's national carrier Etihad Airways announced on Monday that it was cancelling all flights to and from Riyadh until next week due to "regional disruption."
"All flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh have been cancelled until Monday Oct. 19," read a post on the airline's official website. It added that several upcoming flights to Dammam and Jeddah this week were also cancelled.
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air also announced on Monday that it was cancelling all flights to and from Riyadh airport until Saturday, after Saudi authorities extended the suspension of operations at the facility following recent attacks.
"Gulf Air would like to inform passengers that flights to and from Riyadh have been cancelled from Oct. 12 to Oct. 17 2026 [12 a.m.]," the airline said in a post on X.
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