Delta delays debut of Saudi Arabia service until March after Riyadh airport attacks

Delta Air Lines announced it would delay the launch of nonstop service between Atlanta and Riyadh until March, pushing back a route originally scheduled to begin on Oct. 23. The airline had planned to operate the service with an Airbus A350-900 wide-body aircraft, marking what would have been the first nonstop commercial flight between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia operated by a U.S. carrier.
The decision followed a series of attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. According to