Riyadh airport suspends operations — air traffic control source

Riyadh airport suspends operations — air traffic control source The Riyadh airport has suspended operations; no inbound or outbound flights are being serviced MOSCOW, October 19. /TASS/. The international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has temporarily suspended operations, a source in the air traffic control services confirmed to TASS. "The Riyadh airport has suspended operations; no inbound or outbound flights are being serviced," the source said. Earlier, Yemen’s SABA news agency controlled by the rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah reported, citing flight-tracking data, that the airports of Abha, Dammam and Riyadh had suspended operations. A regional air traffic control source told TASS, however, that the Abha and Dammam airports remained operational. 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