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Operations at Saudi airports return to normal after technical glitch

Operations at Saudi airports return to normal after technical glitch

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Operations at Saudi airports return to normal after technical glitch

Passengers can expect operations at Saudi Arabia’s airports to return to normal after Friday’s major global disruption.

Airports around the world, including Berlin and Hong Kong, were shut down on Friday due to a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which crippled computers running Microsoft Windows.

In a statement released Friday evening by Matarat Holdings, Saudi Arabia’s airport operator, it was confirmed that operations have returned to normal.

“With reference to the statements made by its subsidiaries (Riyadh Airports, Jeddah Airports, Dammam Airports and the Secondary Airports Group) today, Friday, July 19, 2024, on the extent of the impact of the global technical failure on various airlines at the Kingdom’s airports, “Matarat Holding” announces the return of operational activities to their normal state at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and the Secondary Airports Group,” the statement said.

The company went further, saying passengers should contact their airline before going to airports “to learn more about their flights and new schedules.”

Matarat, a private limited company, operates 27 airports in the kingdom, including King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.

The company is charged with transforming and leading privatization efforts in the industry. It has been operating since 2013 when it

When the CrowdStrike outage first hit major airports around the world on Friday morning, King Khalid International Airport acknowledged that it, too, had been affected.

In a statement about X, the airport acknowledged an “outage that affected the operational systems of several airlines at King Khalid International Airport.”

But later on Friday, the airport reported to X that flights, both domestic and international, were operating normally again.

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