News - Yemen: The Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation Authority, Raed Jabal, confirmed Thursday that the continuation of allowing flights to only one destination from Sana'a International Airport by the aggression doubles the suffering of the Yemenis.

Jabal said in a statement to Saba that the US-Saudi aggression allowed three additional flights to Jordan, a step that does not meet the minimum actual need for flights.

He pointed out that the people of Yemen suffer from a lack of humanitarian flights to transport patients and travelers stranded in countries and airports, and they are forced to travel through difficult and unsafe roads.

He stressed that the failure to lift the siege on Sana'a International Airport and open all destinations is aimed to continue the suffering of the Yemeni people to achieve political and negotiating purposes at the expense of humanitarian and human rights issues.

For his part, the Director of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that the non-operation of flights from Sana'a International Airport to the destinations agreed upon under the truce is due to political obstruction by the US-Saudi aggression.

"Only 84,000 passengers were transported during a year of the armistice, compared to 2 million passengers annually before the US-Saudi aggression," he said.

He pointed out that 50 flights per day were going to Sana'a airport, in exchange for one destination to Jordan and 184 flights during a year of truce.

Recently, the Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Raed Jabal, affirmed that the aggression coalition has abandoned its humanitarian obligations in opening Sana'a International Airport to provide its services to the people of Yemen.

He pointed out that the aggression coalition continues to impose a siege on Sana'a airport, and refuses to allow it to operate in a manner that meets the actual need.

He also considered that the coalition of aggression, USA, Britain and France, renewed the closure of Yemeni airspace, indicating its intention to continue imposing the siege on the people of Yemen.

Jabal pointed out that the aggression coalition deliberately closed Sana'a International Airport to deprive the people of Yemen of their legitimate right to travel, which was guaranteed by international laws and agreements in light of the silence of the United Nations.

He called on international organizations and relevant authorities in the field of air transport to take a serious and effective stance to compel the aggression coalition to open the airports of the Republic of Yemen.