34 Riyadh-bound flights from Pakistani airports cancelled

As many as 34 flights scheduled to take off from different Pakistani airports for the Saudi capital Riyadh were cancelled on Monday after authorities in the Kingdom shut down the airport following another deadly attack, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The King Khalid International Airport was close until midnight tonight as the authorities were examining the radar and communication system at the airport.

The closure of Riyadh Airport also severely affected the flights operations at airports in other Saudi cities of Madinah, Dammam and Jeddah. 

As many as 12 flights were cancelled from Lahore, six from Karachi, four from Islamabad and two from Peshawar.

According to sources at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport, private airlines’ flights XY-318, XY884 and F3-656 scheduled to Riyadh from Lahore were cancelled.Among the cancelled flights was also XY-884 which was due to take off from Lahore to Dammam.10 flights cancelled at Karachi Airport

Ten international and domestic flights were cancelled due to technical reasons from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Monday.

Flight GB-342 from Karachi to Dhaka, Thai Airways flight TG-342 from Karachi to Bangkok, Air China’s flight CA-946 from Karachi to Beijing and Emirates flight EK-609 from Karachi to Dubai were called off.

On domestic front, FlyJinnah’s flight 9P-682 from Karachi to Islamabad and 9P-844 from Karachi Lahore, Air Sial’s flight PF-125 from Karachi to Islamabad, AirBlue’s flight PA-200 from Karachi to Islamabad, Air Sial’s flight PF-145 from Karachi to Lahore and PIA flight PK-536 from Karachi to Sukkur were also shelved.

Reporters Saeed Ahmad Saeed and Aqsa Shahid