Riyadh airport recorded one departure as 99.7% of flights were cancelled or not flown

Cirium recorded one departure among 354 scheduled flights at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, 11 October. It classified 353 flights as cancelled or not flown, equal to 99.7% of scheduled departures at the airport.

Across Saudi Arabia, 623 of 1,096 scheduled departures were cancelled or did not operate on Sunday, or 56.8%. For 8–13 October, Cirium recorded 2,018 cancelled or unflown departures among 6,608 scheduled flights, a rate of 30.5%; data for 12–13 October were preliminary. A NOTAM issued on 12 October said the airport would be closed until at least 17 October.