Delta postpones Atlanta‑Riyadh service to March 2027 after Riyadh airport attacks
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Delta Air Lines announced that its planned nonstop flights between Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Riyadh will be delayed until March 2027 following deadly missile attacks on Saudi airports.
The attacks on King Khalid International Airport on 10 and 11 October 2026 killed 12 people, injured 309 and 11 respectively, and led to the suspension of airport operations, a flight ban extended to at least midnight on 12 October, and the cancellation of 330 flights on 11 October, affecting carriers including Qatar Airways, Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines.
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