Airlines suspend flights to Riyadh and other Saudi cities after reported airport attack

Disputed · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · 2026-10-12 12:24 UTC

Etihad Airways, per Middle East Eye, cancelled flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, with Abu Dhabi-Riyadh flights suspended until 19 October, and Qatar Airways suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam; Middle East Spectator also reports the Qatar Airways suspension. Reuters headlines that airlines cancelled flights to Saudi Arabia after attacks on Riyadh airport, and Al Jazeera reports flights to Riyadh were halted. The attack itself is reported only in headlines and aggregated items, and no casualty figures appear in any claim.

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Verification

Disputed: 4 independent sources.

Sources disagree on:

• Attacker: one Middle East Eye item names the Houthis as attacker, Reuters' headline cites unknown gunmen, and the New York Sun and Egypt Independent items describe Houthi attacks.
• Airport status: Egypt Independent says the capital's international airport remains closed and that three missiles were intercepted, but no other claim mentions missile interception, and Al Jazeera and Reuters only describe flights being halted or cancelled.
• Delta: travelweekly.com.au and MiGFlug both report Delta delaying Riyadh flights until 2027 after an airport attack, but both come from the same Google News feed and no other claim mentions Delta.
• Scope: Etihad and Qatar Airways are reported suspending flights to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, Middle East Spectator reports Qatar only for Riyadh and Dammam, and WION and Reuters refer more generally to flights to Saudi Arabia.

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Sources

• Reuters, 2026-10-12 12:24 UTC
• WION, 2026-10-12 20:59 UTC
• Middle East Spectator (MES), 2026-10-12 23:05 UTC
• Al Jazeera English (Telegram), 2026-10-13 00:16 UTC
• travelweekly.com.au, 2026-10-13 00:36 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-13 00:55 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-13 06:48 UTC
• Egypt Independent, 2026-10-13 08:15 UTC
• MiGFlug, 2026-10-13 08:23 UTC
• The New York Sun, 2026-10-13 09:24 UTC

First reported 2026-10-12 12:24 UTC; last updated 2026-10-16 06:38 UTC.

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