AMMAN — Flights between Amman and Sanaa resumed
Wednesday, according to the Head of the
Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission(CARC) Haitham Al-Mesto, within the framework of the extended truce in Yemen
between the internationally recognized government and the Houthis, according to
Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Mesto said that
Yemenia, flag carrier airline of Yemen, “will resume flights from
Sanaa to
Amman and vice versa, starting from June 8 until July 1, with eight flights for
the entire period”, which he confirmed were at Yemenia’s request.
Last Thursday, the
Yemeni government, backed by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the
Houthis allied with Iran, agreed to extend the current truce in Yemen for an
additional two months, hours before it expired, according to the UN special
envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg. The truce came into force on April 2.
The agreement included allowing commercial flights from
Sanaa International Airport, which has been open only open to aid flights since
2016, the truce states that “operation of two commercial flights per week to
and from Sanaa, during the two months of the truce, to Jordan and Egypt.”
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