Inspecting damages at Hodeida International Airport & reviewing its rehabilitation plans
The Minister of Transport, Abd al-Wahab Yahya al-Durra, and Communications Minister, Misfer al-Numeir, and the Governor of Hodeida, Mohammed Qahim, were briefed on the damages to Hodeida International Airport as a result of the aggression’s bombing and its out of service eight years ago.
Al-Durrah, Al-Numeir and Qahim, along with the first deputy governor of the province, Ahmed Al-Bishri, the head of the Red Sea Ports Corporation, Captain Muhammad Abu Bakr Ishaq, and the head of the General Authority for Transportation Affairs, Walid Al-Wadaei, inspected the airport’s infrastructure, which was completely destroyed.. Where they heard from the Director of the Airports Sector at the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, Amin Jamaan, and the Airport Director, Ahmed Marsh, an explanation about the overall damages in the terminals, the airport tower, and the runway.
They were briefed on the size of the damage and the ugliness of the systematic targeting of the airport terminals, facilities and service facilities, and the navigational activity operating system, and they listened to an explanation from the engineers of the General Aviation Authority about the needs for re-maintenance and operation of the airport and the implementation plan.
During the visit, they were also briefed on the technical plans and designs for the rehabilitation plan for Hodeidah International Airport, which were reviewed by the relevant engineering and technical team, and the requirements and needs to start preparing the implementation of works at the airport.
The Minister of Transport stated that the visit comes as a translation of the directives of the Revolutionary Leadership and the Supreme Political Council to review and evaluate the needs of re-maintaining Hodeida International Airport, and the plan that was prepared by the engineers of the General Authority of Civil Aviation to rehabilitate and operate the airport.
He pointed out that work will begin on the maintenance and rehabilitation project to restore the operation of the airport and restore its activity and services, pointing out that the destruction and hatred of this important vital facility is a crime against humanity.
Minister Al-Durra stressed that restoring the airport’s activity represents a challenge due to the exorbitant costs it requires in light of the conditions of the current stage. However, this has become an urgent necessity because it serves the people of Hodeida Province and many neighboring governorates with a large population density, in addition to the fact that Hodeida International Airport is the first cargo airport in the republic.
While the Minister of Communications indicated that the visit and inspection of Hodeidah airport aims to plan what will be restored with regard to the telecommunications sector in terms of modern infrastructure that relies on the optical fiber network and Forgy, stressing work alongside the Ministry of Transport and the local authority in Hodeida to rehabilitate the airport.
For his part, the governor of Hodeida confirmed that the airport’s infrastructure maintenance work will begin soon.. Indicating that the local authority in the province is working with all efforts to implement projects to restore the infrastructure of the service sectors affected by the aggression.
