The first commercial flight from Sana’a International Airport to Amman, Jordan, has taken off on Monday morning, marking the first time since 2015 that a commercial flight was able to fly to and from Sana’a.
The first commercial flight carried 137 passengers after a six-year hiatus imposed by the US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition , without legal justification and violation to all international conventions and conventions.
Passengers who left Sana’a airport were mostly chronically ill and their agreement has been hampered due to a lack of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and essential health supplies that have been destroyed by the aggression during the eight years.
At a press conference held today at Sana’a airport, General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology (GCCA) Undersecretary Raed Jabal said: “After a long wait, Sana’a International Airport received the Yemenia Airways flight as part of the humanitarian truce announced by the United Nations in early April, which was expected to operate two flights a week for during the two-month truce.”
He expressed his appointment over the past month and a half and that none of the 16 commercial flights scheduled for the humanitarian truce had been operated, noting that the first flight had now gone to The Queen’s Alia Airport in Amman, with 137 passengers on board, and would return to Sana’a with 60 passengers.
Jabal confirmed that the Yemeni aircraft was received, in accordance with international safety standards, affirming the readiness of Sana’a Airport technical and professional to receive all commercial and civilian flights.
He called on the United Nations to continue operating commercial flights and to compensate Yemenis for flights that did not take place during the first month of the truce.
Jabal also called on the United Nations and civil aviation and humanitarian stakeholders to continuously open Sana’a airport to Yemeni people without any restrictions or conditions.
