Raed Jabal calls for the speedy opening of Sana’a International Airport to all domestic and international airlines

Posted on July 15, 2023

The Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, Raed Jabal, called on the United Nations to take a binding attitude for the aggression coalition and its mercenaries to allow the operation of Sana’a airport to all destinations, and to all local and international companies without restriction or condition as the only outlet for patients and those in need of travel.

In a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the authority’s representative indicated that the death of the traveler, Maryam Hammoud Hadi, at Sana’a airport, who was on her way today to treatment in Jordanian hospitals, is one of dozens of daily deaths in the country as a result of the aggression coalition continuing to close Sana’a airport.

He pointed out that since the start of the aggression coalition’s war and siege on Yemen, Sana’a airport was one of the outlets that it was keen to block in front of the Yemeni people, and it is still today; Despite the passage of a year and a half of the armistice.It imposes restrictions on Yemeni airspace and airports, and prevents airlines from operating transport to and from Sana’a airport despite the readiness of the airport, and the desire of a number of companies to operate from Sana’a airport.

Jabal, explained that three or six flights per week from Sana’a airport do not serve the minimum needs of the Yemeni people, indicating that any measure or restrictions on the airport by the aggression coalition are inconsistent with international laws that guarantee the rights of travel and movement for all citizens.