Ministry of Transport in Sanaa exposes Yemenia Airways’ manipulation of operating flights

SANAA, Oct. 01 (YPA) -An official source at the Ministry of Transportation said that the suspension of Yemenia Airlines flights through Sanaa International Airport is a sign of the aggressor countries’ lack of seriousness in pursuing peace, showing disregard for all efforts made so far.

The source emphasized that this reflects the criminal determination to maintain the blockade and intensify the suffering of the Yemeni people, especially patients and travelers.

According to Saba News Agency, the source stated that what has been published by the management of the airlines in the occupied city of Aden is an indication that it is currently a cheap tool in the hands of the countries involved in aggression to continue the blockade, intensify the suffering of the Yemeni people, and close Sana’a Airport.

The source pointed out that the company has spread falsehoods and claims far from reality.

The source at the Ministry of Transport affirmed that the claims that the company’s funds are frozen or prohibited are false and baseless allegations. The evidence for this is that all employee salaries and dues in the company throughout Yemen are disbursed from the company’s funds in Sanaa, which amount to two million dollars monthly. During the previous period, approximately thirty-six million dollars from the company’s funds in Sana’a were disbursed to cover operating expenses.

The source also noted that ten million dollars from the sale of the recently purchased aircraft (A320) was disbursed from the company’s funds in Sana’a, in accordance with agreements between the parties involved in the management of Yemenia Airlines.

The source also looked into the information provided by the company’s management in Aden, claiming that the company’s funds in Sana’a amount to eighty million dollars. The company attempted to conceal the fact that it holds balances in its other accounts in Aden and abroad, exceeding one hundred million dollars. It was previously agreed upon to disburse funds from all company accounts at specified percentages.

The source at the Ministry of Transport condemned the company’s use of flight suspension as a tactic and manipulation of operations to and from Sana’a Airport, as this action impacts the Yemeni people and contradicts the company’s commitment to neutrality, humanitarian, and commercial operations as stated in the company’s released statement.

The source affirmed that the Ministry of Transport is committed to implementing the agreement with the company’s management in Aden, which involves disbursement from the company’s account in a manner that preserves the company’s finances and ensures the safe disbursement of funds, with 60% from Sana’a and 40% from Aden. the funds were meant to be disbursed in exchange for the continuation of operations from Sanaa Airport to Jordan and the opening of routes to Egypt and India to serve the needs of the Yemeni people and alleviate their suffering.

“The suspension of flights is a tactic of manipulation went to cause the suffering of the Yemeni people as well as bad politicization of the company that is supposed to adhere to neutrality as a national carrier. This procedure puts the company in the position of a partner in this wongdoings,” the source said.

He blamed Yemenia Airways’ administration in Aden and the coalition’s countries for all the repercussions of these practices

E.M