BA suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after ‘credible’ warning

BRITISH AIRWAYS suspended flights to Saudi Arabia last night after the Government warned there was ‘credible intelligence’ of a serious terrorist threat to Britain’s aviation interests. The company chose to temporarily scrap its four services a week to Jeddah and Riyadh after holding talks with the Department for Transport.

The airline's safety and security director, Geoff Want, added: "As a matter of precaution we have decided to suspend all flights to Saudi Arabia for the time being and we will continue to liaise closely with the British Government."

The suspension came as a British man accused of smuggling a missile launcher into the US appeared in court.