I recommend travellers to avoid Saudi airlines and...

I recommend travellers to avoid Saudi airlines and this airport too. Worst experience! Pilots seem not well trained. During our flight, we almost had a near death experience, while manoeuvring clouds. I ve had at least 200 flights till date with different airlines and I know how well other pilots handle turbulence.
In airport, racist behaviour observed. They make Indians remove belt and shoes in security check during a transit while allowing other nationals to pass through without having to remove the same.

To add to this, there are some illogical rules:

1. Even if you re just staying at Airport (not going out of its premises at all) during your transit, you need to have a transit visa well before your flight, if your transit time exceeds 12 hours, and for most of the nationals, online transit visa option doesn t exist, they need to visit embassy

2. The Alcoholic beverages bought in duty free airport shops are not allowed as hand baggage! Instead, you need to put them in any of your hand bag ( since you d have already checked-in your big luggage and the same would no more be accessible) and send it as 2nd check in baggage, to be received at your destination. When asked about possible damage to the glass bottle, the officer just throws an advice to complain at the destination airport if the bottles are damaged. Totally impolite and not customer friendly.

Over all dissatisfied, even one star rating is too much. Please consider the above points when booking Saudi airlines or even when travelling through Saudi Arabia.

I d never take Saudi airlines nor visit Saudi Arabia in my lifetime again.