GEDDA (ARABIA SAUDITA) (ITALPRESS) – Yemeni airline today operated the first direct flight from Socotra to Gedda, landed in the Saudi city with 179 foreign tourists who had been blocked on the Yemeni island, on a total of about 600. The Association for Friendship Italy-Yemen reports it.
The evacuation operations will continue in the coming hours to transfer the remaining visitors, trapped after the suspension of flights from the UAE following the recent tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Tourists arrived in Socotra mainly via Abu Dhabi, the only destination that allowed access to the archipelago with migraine flights until recently. The context is linked to the recent withdrawal of the Emiratine forces from Yemen, requested by the Yemeni and Saudi authorities, which led to the resumption of government control over Socotra airport and the interruption of links with the Emirates. (ITALPRESS).
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