Sanaa airport receives 1st commercial flight from Cairo

SANAA, June. 01 (YPA) – The first commercial flight, coming from the Arab Republic of Egypt and carrying 145 Yemeni passengers on board, arrived on Wednesday evening at Sanaa International Airport.

Director General of Sanaa Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, said that the airport received the first flight from Cairo after being stopped for more than six years.

The airport provides services to citizens, whether arriving or departing, with high technical professionalism, guaranteeing the security and safety of passengers and civil aviation.

Al-Shayef called on the United Nations to pressure the Saudi-led coalition to open Sanaa airport and lift the ban on it completely and immediately, stressing that the airport has proven its operational, technical and professional readiness in accordance with international standards and requirements, and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The Yemeni plane, the national carrier of Yemen Airways, Airbus A320, received all air navigation and ground services, in accordance (ICAO)’s standards.

The seventh civilian commercial flight, which arrived today, is out of 16 flights within the humanitarian truce announced by the United Nations in early April.

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