Cancelled Dhaka-Riyadh flights rise to 159, leaving 22,721 passengers stranded
Flight cancellations from Dhaka to Riyadh over the security situation in Saudi Arabia are continuing. The number of flights cancelled since 10 October reached 159 by 30 October. The passengers of those flights numbered 22,721.
Kawsar Mahmud, assistant director of the public relations department of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), gave this information on Friday night.
According to the CAAB's figures, 82 of the cancelled flights were direct flights. The remaining 77 were transit flights.
Among the direct flights, 37 were of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The cancellation list also includes 10 flights of US-Bangla Airlines, 20 of Saudia and 15 of Riyadh Air.
Among the transit flights, IndiGo had the most cancellations — 30. Next came Emirates with 14, Qatar Airways with 9, FlyDubai with 8, Air India with 8, Salam Air with 7 and EgyptAir with one cancelled flight.
The CAAB official said this run of cancellations will continue until the security situation improves.
New flights have been added every day to this run of cancellations that began on 10 October, and with the total reaching 159, the suffering of passengers on this route has grown further — a total of 22,721 passengers were due to travel on these flights.
