A total of 135 flights from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to Saudi Arabia have been cancelled since October 10 following Houthi attacks on Riyadh and Dammam airports, leaving 20,672 passengers stranded.
Several airports in Saudi Arabia remain closed following the attacks, prompting flight cancellations on security grounds.
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) spokesperson Kawser Mahmud disclosed the figures to the media on Thursday evening.
According to CAAB, the cancelled flights included 62 direct flights and 73 transit flights.
Of the direct flights, 23 were operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, 10 by US Bangla Airlines, 19 by Saudia and 10 by Riyadh Air.
The cancelled transit flights included 28 operated by IndiGo, seven by SalamAir, one by EgyptAir, 14 by Emirates, nine by Qatar Airways, eight by flydubai and six by Air India.
Kawser Mahmud said flight cancellations would continue if the situation did not return to normal.
