Flyadeal commenced its five-times-a-week services to Mumbai from Riyadh on Saturday with an A320neo aircraft, making it the airline's second destination in India, after the launch of its services to Hyderabad in July

The three sides had convened an emergency meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) of the Makkah Alliance for Defence in Riyadh on Monday to address the regional developments and threats facing Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement