Israeli air traffic witnessed an unprecedented decline on Sunday, coinciding with the Yemeni blockade entering its second week.
The Hebrew website Walla quoted officials from the Israeli Ministry of Transportation as confirming that activity at Ben Gurion Airport, the largest of Israel’s airports, had declined by less than a third.
According to the sources, Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv’s most important airport, recorded a decrease in passenger traffic of less than 26%, while air traffic also decreased by approximately 34%.
This is the first time that civil aviation traffic at Israeli ports has declined since the start of the aggression on Gaza more than a year ago.
The decline in air traffic came as Yemen’s decision to impose a no-fly zone on Israel entered its second week.
Numerous international airlines announced the suspension of flights to and from the occupied territories as Yemeni attacks on the airport continued.
