The main international airlines have again extended the cancellation of flights to and from the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Dammam, after a new attack carried out by the Houthi rebels of Yemen in the capital last Sunday, November 8.
In the European market, the companies of the Lufthansa Group have decided to keep suspended their routes to both cities until February 7, 2027, in both directions. Despite this, it is expected that Eurowings services to Jeddah will resume on December 17 of this same year.
On the other hand, Air France has opted to extend even further the cancellation of its flights to and from Riyadh, setting the new resumption date for January 4, 2027. In turn, the Dutch airline KLM has announced that it will continue not to operate to Riyadh and Dammam until December 27, which means extending by one month its previous schedule.
In the case of British Airways, the restoration of the London-Riyadh route is delayed until January 11, 2027. As for Aegean Airlines, it will not resume its operations to Riyadh until next December 16, although it will fly again to Jeddah a few days earlier, on November 18.
Regarding the airlines of the United Arab Emirates, Emirates will continue making adjustments to its schedule with Saudi Arabia, while Etihad Airways will keep its flights to Riyadh and Dammam on hold until November 19. In the opposite direction, Qatar Airways has restored its daily frequencies with Riyadh since this Friday and will resume its operations with the city of Dammam tomorrow.
In Asia, several companies are expected to gradually resume their links with Saudi Arabia. Some Indian airlines, such as IndiGo and Air India, will begin operating again to Riyadh throughout this month of November. For their part, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific have postponed their return to the Saudi capital until next year.