A total of 174 flights have been cancelled as of 4:26pm on Sunday due to suspended flight operations on several Saudi Arabia-bound routes, leaving 23,077 passengers stranded in Dhaka. A large proportion of the stranded passengers are Bangladeshi expatriates.
Meanwhile, state flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced that it will resume flight operations on the Dhaka-Dammam route from next Saturday. However, flight operations on the Dhaka-Riyadh route remain suspended.
Of the total cancelled flights, 97 were direct flights, while 77 were transit flights.
Among the airlines operating direct flights, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled 47 flights so far, Saudia has cancelled 21, Riyadh Air has cancelled 19, and US-Bangla Airlines has cancelled 10.
For transit flight cancellations, IndiGo tops the list with 30 cancelled flights.
Additionally, Emirates cancelled 14 flights, Qatar Airways cancelled 9, flydubai cancelled 8, Air India cancelled 8, Salam Air cancelled 7, and EgyptAir cancelled 1 flight.
