62 Flights to Saudi Arabia suspended, 9,674 passengers suffer
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Due to limited operations of various airports in Saudi Arabia, 62 flights of Bangladesh have been suspended. Among them, 23 are direct flights and 39 are transit flights. At least 9,674 passengers have been affected by such flight cancellations.
Kawsar Mahmud, public relations officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), provided this information to Agamir Somoy effective until 1:30 pm today, Tuesday.
Among the suspended direct flights, there are 9 flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, 2 of US-Bangla Airlines, 5 of Saudia, and 7 of Riyadh Airways.
Besides, among the 39 suspended transit flights, there are 16 of IndiGo, 9 of Emirates, 5 of Qatar Airways, 5 of flydubai, 3 of SalamAir, and 1 of EgyptAir.
Among the Bangladeshis living abroad, the highest number stay in Saudi Arabia, a country in the Middle East. This country is the largest destination for Bangladesh's manpower export.
Amid the war between the United States-Israel and Iran, the Tehran-backed Houthi group in Yemen has recently carried out several rounds of attacks on Saudi Arabia.
In one such attack, after a missile struck Riyadh's King Khalid Airport on Saturday, 14 people including two Bangladeshis were killed. Since the attack, flight operations at King Khalid Airport have been disrupted.
