More than five billion dollars were lost by the Civil Aviation Authority as a result of the aggression and blockade
The deputy of the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Raed Jabal, revealed that the direct and indirect damages and losses suffered by the Authority and its various and related sectors since the beginning of the US-Saudi aggression amounted to five billion and 277 million dollars.
the direct losses amounted to one billion and 700 million dollars represented in the infrastructure of facilities, buildings, equipment, technical and technical navigation equipment, communication and communication devices, and high-tech radars linked to global air navigation in civilian airports and other sectors of the authority.
He indicated that the estimated damage and losses suffered by the Yemeni Airlines Company as a result of the aggression amounted to one billion and 861 million dollars, and the losses of the Al-Saeeda Airlines Company amounted to 94 million and 600 thousand dollars, while the losses of the two civilian IL-76 cargo planes of the government reached 105 million dollars.
He explained that the losses in the Authority’s revenues due to the cessation of most air and non-air activities in the airports and its affiliated sectors amounted to $ 600 million and the expected revenue losses for projects halted due to the aggression of $ 128 million, in addition to $ 788 million and $ 400 thousand losses of sectors directly related to civil aviation such as the travel and freight sector Air and automated reservation systems and franchise providers.
The agency’s deputy pointed out that the countries of the aggression coalition have closed Sanaa International Airport since August 8, 2016 in front of civilian flights, and its movement has been restricted to United Nations and relief organizations’ flights only, which has exacerbated the suffering of the Yemeni people and their siege at home and abroad.
He emphasized that closing Sanaa International Airport is inconsistent with all international norms, charters and treaties, foremost of which is the International Civil Aviation Agreement “Chicago Convention” and the Montreal Convention 1988 AD, which states in its first article bis that “damaging airports, equipment or aircraft, or obstructing airport service is considered among the acts.” Illegal and punishable crime. ”
He stated that the continued closure of Sanaa airport caused a great human tragedy, as statistics of the Ministry of Health indicate the death of 80,000 disease cases, while about half a million cases of incurable diseases urgently need to travel abroad to receive treatment.
Jabal said, “The statistics of the Ministry of Health confirm the absence of more than 120 types of medicines and medical solutions, and that patients with kidney failure, cancerous tumors and chronic diseases are at risk of death as a result of the acute shortage in the drug store in Yemen.”
He also indicated the death of one in ten patients, on the road between Sana’a and Aden, or Sana’a and Seiyun, who venture to travel overland via rugged and unsafe roads to Aden and Seiyun airports.
Jabal noted that despite the continuous targeting of the civil aviation sector and the continued siege imposed on airports, the authority has spared no effort in carrying out its duties to re-equip civil airports.
He explained that the authority has harnessed all its financial, human and technical capabilities and capabilities to continue managing and operating the civil aviation and meteorological system with complete professionalism and impartiality in various stages in accordance with national and international laws and legislation.
He stated that the authority provides its air navigation services to international civil airlines that cross Yemeni airspace, United Nations aircraft and its affiliated organizations, and international humanitarian and relief organizations that land at Sana’a International Airport.
Jabal stressed that the countries of the aggression coalition deliberately paralyzed the civil aviation movement and disrupted the services of the authority in the various fields that it provides professionally with the certificate of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
