The first commercial flight from Sana’a International Airport to Egypt has departed today, after more than six years of hiatus, due to the Saudi-led coalition’s air blockade on Sana’a International Airport.
The flight took off from Sana’a International Airport on Wednesday, and is bound for Cairo, the capital of Egypt, carrying 78 passengers on board.
This flight is the seventh commercial flight out of a total 16 planned ones included in the humanitarian truce announced by the United Nations in early April, which is planned to end tomorrow, on June 2. The truce is however extendable under the auspices of the United Nations.
In recent days, six commercial flights have left Sana’a Airport to Amman, the capital of Jordan.
The truce in Yemen came into force in early April. The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, explained that “the terms of the Armistice Agreement include facilitating the entry of 18 fuel-carrying vessels into Hodeidah ports and allowing two flights through Sana’a airport every week.”
