A total of 180 flights from Dhaka to Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia have been cancelled, leaving 23,085 passengers stranded.
According to sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), 103 of the flights cancelled between October 10 and November 7 were direct flights, while 77 were transit flights.
Of the direct flights, 51 were operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, 10 by US-Bangla Airlines, 21 by Saudia Airlines and 21 by Riyadh Air.
Among the cancelled transit flights, 30 were operated by IndiGo, 14 by Emirates, 9 by Qatar Airways, 8 by flydubai, 7 by SalamAir, 8 by Air India and 1 by EgyptAir.
Kawsar Mahmud, assistant director of the CAAB's Public Relations Division, said flight cancellations would continue if the situation in Saudi Arabia did not return to normal.
