Saudi air cargo capacity drops amid disruption from Riyadh shutdown
The Loadstar · Oct 13, 2026
Saudi Arabia has lost almost a third of its international air cargo capacity over the past three days, as Riyadh’s airport shutdown disrupts shipments and heightened airspace risks complicate routing options. Rotate data captured today shows combined inbound and outbound capacity on freighters and widebody passenger aircraft across Saudi Arabia down 33% against the equivalent 72-hour period a week earlier, a decline of 3,537 tonnes, to 7,292 tonnes. At Riyadh, capacity across ...
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