Flights & Airspace
Airline schedules, cancelled and restored routes, airport rules and airspace closures across the Gulf. What changes for a trip you have booked or are planning.
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- Etihad, Emirates, flydubai and Air Arabia cancelled Riyadh flights on 11 October after King Khalid airport closed following a Houthi attack on 10 October.
- Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said three Saudi citizens were killed in two missile attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid airport on 8 October that hit a Saudia aircraft and airport facilities.
- After Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on 7 October, flydubai cancelled its Dubai–Abha services and Air Arabia its Sharjah–Abha flights on 7 and 8 October.
- Wizz Air cancelled all flights to and from Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the winter season, 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027, citing longer routings under regional airspace restrictions.
- Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said attacks on Jizan and Najran airports on 6 October caused three minor injuries; FlightRadar24 said Riyadh flights were on hold for a few hours.
- Wizz Air pushed the launch of its Abu Dhabi routes from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus and Hungary from late October to 10 January 2027.