Confirming what was published by "Yemeni Youth Net", the Houthi militia admits that aircraft fuel has run out at Sana'a airport

The Houthi militia admitted that the Sana'a airport, which is under its control, had run out of aircraft fuel, confirming what was published by the "Yemeni Youth Net" website in this regard, quoting a navigational source, last week.

"Yemeni Youth Net" revealed that the aircraft fuel had been completely depleted about a week ago due to the Houthi terrorist militias detaining Yemenia Airlines planes, which led to the cancellation of passengers' reservations and incurring huge losses for the company.

The Saba News Agency, which is under the control of the Houthi militia, reported that a meeting was held by the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology in Sana'a to discuss the reasons for the delay in the luggage of some passengers departing from Sana'a Airport to Queen Alia Airport in the capital, Amman, yesterday, Friday.

She said that the meeting discussed "issues related to providing fuel for aircraft and accelerating the operation of additional flights..." confirming the information published by the website in this regard.

A navigation source had previously told "Yemeni Youth Net" that Yemenia flights between Sana'a and Amman had been reduced to one flight and reservations for the other flight had been cancelled due to the complete depletion of fuel at Sana'a International Airport as a result of the Houthi militia detaining the planes and operating them from Sana'a Airport only.

He added that the Houthis' detention of four Yemenia Airlines planes and preventing them from receiving fuel and operating from other airports in the Republic exacerbates the crisis and siege on the people of Yemen, not to mention the huge losses borne by passengers whose flights were cancelled while they were in transit to other countries.

The source explained that Yemenia flights that take off from the Jordanian capital Amman to Sana'a are forced to reduce the number of passengers, due to the plane's load of additional fuel that is being shipped, noting that between 30 and 50 passengers are reduced on each return flight from Amman, and this causes huge losses for Yemenia Airlines.

He stated that the Houthis’ detention of the four planes and the operation of flights between Sana’a and Amman consumed the fuel stored at the airport because the situation had not been restored to what it was before, as the planes were taking off from all the airports of the Republic and arriving at Sana’a airport full of fuel, which reduced the deficit at Sana’a airport.

The source pointed out that the Houthi militias have currently come to buy fuel, but it will not arrive at Sana'a airport until about a month and a half later, which means that this unprecedented crisis will continue.

He stressed that with the Houthi militias continuing to escalate and seize aircraft, the great damage will befall the Yemeni Airlines Company and the citizen, especially since the majority of passengers from Sana'a Airport are in transit to other destinations, and because of that they lost the value of tickets for the other line, and this is suffering on top of suffering.

Yesterday, Friday, the director of Sana'a International Airport, appointed by the Houthis, admitted that the passengers' bags on yesterday's flight to Jordan did not arrive with their owners, on the pretext that "the plane's load was heavier than the international standard."

The sources denied the reasons mentioned by the director of Sana'a airport, stressing that the real reason is due to the lack of aircraft fuel available at Sana'a airport after the destruction of fuel tanks in Hodeidah at the end of last month, and the aircraft crew was forced to reduce weight and leave the bags in consideration of the remaining fuel for the flight.