Flights took off and landed at Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport on Wednesday, just days after the kingdom’s aviation authority said airlines could resume operations.
Flights from airlines Saudia and Flynas were operating midweek, according to publicly available flight tracking data.
Those flights are some of the first to fly out of the Riyadh airport since it was hit with missiles and drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.
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The Houthis, which have also launched attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, assert the airport has hosted Saudi military equipment.
Saudi aviation authorities closed the airport shortly after the attacks, but this week told flight operators they could resume operations with prior permission.
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