Sanaa announces suspension of flights by UN organizations

SANAA, Dec. 21 (YPA) – Director of Sanaa International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, on Tuesday announced that the airport is out of readiness after its facilities were bombed by Saudi-led coalition warplanes last night.

This came during a press conference held today on the ruins of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Institute at the airport.

At the conference, Undersecretary of the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Raed Talib, said that the coalition’s airstrikes hit on Monday evening the Civil Aviation Institute, the quarantine building, freight hangers, and planes refueling equipment.

Talib announced the suspension of flights to the United Nations organizations until further notice to ensure the safety of the flights staff.

For his part, Director General of the Yemeni Petroleum Company, Ammar Al-Adhari, said that the damage costs of the coalition raids on the company’s facilities and equipment at Sanaa Airport on Monday exceeded $3 million.

On Monday evening, the coalition fighter jets targeted Sanaa Airport with a series of raids, causing great damage to the airport facilities, which got it out of readiness.

YPA