Civil Aviation Denies Arrival of Commercial Planes at Sana’a Airport

On Apr 5, 2022

The official spokesman for the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Dr. Mazen Ghanem, denied the authenticity of the circulating news about the landing of the first commercial airliner to transport passengers at Sana’a International Airport.

“We are waiting for the mechanism for operating Sana’a International Airport,” Ghanem said in a statement to Saba News Agency.

He also stressed that the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology is the competent authority that will announce the first landing flight to transport citizens, calling not to be drawn into rumors.

Earlier, The Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation Authority, Raed Jabal, indicated that the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations operating in Yemen are familiar with the professional work of the airport and its navigational services provided to United Nations aircraft and its bodies and organizations.

He condemned the deliberate attempt by the countries of the aggression coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to fabricate lies about the militarization of Sana’a International Airport, calling on the international community and the United Nations to protect Sana’a International Airport as the only outlet for humanitarian aid to reach the Yemeni people.

The Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation Authority said: “The staff of the United Nations and international organizations arrive and leave from Sana’a International Airport daily and have not noticed any activity outside the scope of civil aviation.”

He pointed out that a meeting was held at the airport with United Nations staff regarding the airport, and they affirmed the airport’s civilian professionalism.

In addition, the administration of Sana’a Airport called on the media to go and photograph the airport to ensure that it is free of any military appearances, stressing that the coalition of aggression is practicing deception in an open manner.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Saturday set the Houthis a three-hour deadline to withdraw weapons from the airport of Sana’a and from two ports on the Red Sea, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.