The General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology (GACAM) in Sana’a shattered the false reports circulated by Saudi-led aggression coalition media regarding the “return of all Yemeni airports to service.”
The Authority described these reports as a deliberate disinformation campaign designed to deceive public opinion and cover up the ongoing, strangling air siege.
According to the official Saba News Agency, GACAM spokesperson Sultan Faraj confirmed that claims of airports returning to operation with Saudi support are entirely baseless.
He pointed out that Sana’a International Airport—the country’s primary strategic hub serving over 70% of the population—is still subjected to arbitrary constraints that impede the natural movement of the Yemeni people.
The spokesperson emphasized that marketing these “illusory achievements” contradicts reality. The continued blockade doubles the suffering of thousands of patients, students, and expatriates.
Faraj reiterated that Sana’a International Airport is 100% technically prepared to receive all civil flights, noting that the only barrier to full operation is the insistence on using the humanitarian file and citizens’ suffering as a card for political bargaining.
He stressed that opening airports is not a “grant or a favor” but an inherent human right guaranteed by international agreements, foremost the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, which criminalizes using airports and civilians as tools in conflicts.
Faraj criticized the attempts to highlight the renovation of remote airports far from population centers while ignoring the capital’s airport. He labeled this “an exposed strategy” to force millions to endure the hardships of overland travel—stretching over 1,000 kilometers across rugged and unsafe roads.
“The party claiming reconstruction today is the same one that targeted civil airports with missiles and imposed suffocating restrictions for ten years,” Faraj stated.
He concluded by asserting that any talk of supporting the aviation sector lacks credibility unless it includes the immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on Sana’a International Airport and the opening of multiple travel destinations.
