{
  "id": 14021632,
  "title": "Major Airlines Suspend Flights to Riyadh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/major-airlines-suspend-flights-to-riyadh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:22:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/12/major-airlines-suspend-flights-to-riyadh/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Several major airlines have suspended flights to Riyadh following attacks on King Khalid International Airport, resulting in hundreds of flights being canceled or delayed across Saudi Arabia. The closure of the airport has been extended by another 24 hours by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation to allow for inspections of the airport’s radar and communication systems. Major airlines such as Lufthansa Group, SriLankan Airlines, Akasa Air, Air India, Air India Express, Etihad Airways, flydubai, Emirates, Air Arabia, Kuwait Airways, Turkish Airlines, IndiGo, and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have temporarily suspended their flights to Riyadh, severely impacting flight operations between Pakistan and the Saudi capital.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}