Riyadh airport to cancel about 60pc of flights on Monday after deadly attacks

Published October 12, 2026 Updated October 12, 2026 12:36pm

About 60 per cent of scheduled flights at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia are expected to be cancelled, data from aviation analytics firm Cirium showed, after attacks from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis killed over a dozen people over the weekend, Reuters reports.

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh cancelled 99.7pc of all scheduled flights on Sunday, according to Cirium.

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