Originally Posted by
jcjchung
But this flight is a one way loop- HKG-RUH-BAH-HKG which means they will definitely pickup passengers in RUH and must get everyone off to clean the plane in RUH.
Though I doubt there will be any religious police to arrest us at the airport but I remember when arriving in Tehran from Europe, there was an announcement on the plane that everyone must wear a head scarf as soon as the plane landed- this included all the air hostess who did not get off the plane in Tehran.
Headscarf is not compulsory in Saudi Arabia but a abaya (long black cloak) is for a woman.
I have never been to Saudi Arabia but in you seems to think that since there are passengers coming on, that means people have to get off for them to clean. That is not true. In YVR the passengers are told to stay on the plane, and the cleaning crew clean around us, and the new passengers come on. So it is possible that you may be order to stay on the plane.
So I think the previous poster is right, you will most likely remain on the plane.