News – Yemen: The Civil Aviation Authority in Sann'a reminded, on Thursday, the world that US-Saudi aggression's repudiation of implementing the truce regarding Sana'a International Airport caused the death of number of patients who were scheduled to travel on the first commercial flight from the airport to the Jordanian capital, Amman.

The Civil Aviation spokesman, Mazen Ghanem, said that "The non-compliance of the UN-sponsored humanitarian truce's terms by US-Saudi aggression, at the beginning of last April, including the opening of Sana'a Airport for commercial flights, caused a number of patients to be deprived of traveling for treatment abroad.

He stated that preventing the countries of the coalition of aggression from giving permission for Yemeni airlines to land at Sana'a International Airport negatively affected the psyche of patients, especially after completing their travel procedures to the Jordanian capital, Amman.

He added, "Many expatriates who wanted to visit their families and spend the Eid holiday, were disappointed by the failure to operate flights from Sana'a International Airport, whose closure was described by 12 international organizations as an unforgivable crime on the humanitarian side."

The Civil Aviation Authority spokesman reiterated that there is no legal justification for closing Sana'a International Airport to civilian flights, calling on the international community and the United Nations to assume responsibility in taking a binding decision to open the airport.

On April, 24, Yemen Airlines announced the postponement of operating its first flight through Sana'a International Airport.

The company said in a statement that it had not yet received operating permits for the first flight from Sana’a International Airport to the Jordanian capital, Amman, which was scheduled to launch on Sunday, April 24, at eight am.
It added that a few days ago, the company had booked tickets for passengers on this flight, and the airlines had completed all technical preparations in terms of the plane's arrival and take-off time between Jordan and Sana'a.

The company expressed its deep regret and apology to the travelers  that the US-Saudi aggression did not allow the operation of the first flights from Sana'a International Airport.

The company expressed its hope that all problems will be overcome in the near future and that Yemeni Airlines will be allowed to resume its flights from Sana'a.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties.

The truce, meant to halt all military operations in the country and bring the foreign military invasion to an end, came into effect at 07:00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on April 2.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, and insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport. In addition, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.