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NEW DELHI: Air India<\/a>, Akasa Air and IndiGo have temporarily suspended or curtailed flights to Saudi Arabia\u2019s capital, Riyadh, following reports of explosions, including a loud blast at the city\u2019s international airport, on Thursday.Akasa Air suspended flights to and from Riyadh through Saturday, while IndiGo cancelled its Riyadh services through Friday.Air India said a flight from Delhi to Riyadh returned to Delhi on Thursday and was subsequently cancelled \u201cin the interest of safety\u201d. The airline also suspended all flights to and from Riyadh until Saturday.Lufthansa Group, the German aviation company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers, said its airlines would suspend flights to Riyadh through October 16 \u201cdue to current developments in the Middle East.\u201dIran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the latest attack on Riyadh\u2019s airport, saying a ballistic missile had caused damage, but provided no evidence. Saudi authorities did not immediately comment on the claim. The group\u2019s military spokesperson later said the Houthis had fired additional ballistic and cruise missiles at airports in Riyadh and the southwestern city of Najran, claiming the strikes had disrupted flights.Riyadh\u2019s airport had \u201cclosed again\u201d, global flight-tracking service Flightradar24 said on X on Thursday afternoon. It reported that the last landing had taken place more than 80 minutes earlier and the last takeoff more than 90 minutes earlier.The developments came amid heightened safety concerns following a series of Houthi attacks on Saudi airports on October 6 and 7. Saudi authorities, as cited by the BBC, said a separate attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh had killed one person and injured eight others. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had targeted Saudi airports using ballistic missiles and drones.India on Thursday condemned the attacks on Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, calling the targeting of civilian infrastructure \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n

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