SANAA: Yemen's Houthi militia has confirmed that the first commercial flight between Sanaa and Cairo in six years will take off on Wednesday.
"In a letter to the Houthi-controlled ministry of transportation in Sanaa, the office of UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg confirmed that the first passenger flight in years from Sanaa to Cairo, as well as a return flight, is scheduled for June 1."
On May 16, Yemen's first commercial flight in six years took off from Sanaa, the Houthi-held capital, to Amman, Jordan, signalling significant progress in the country's ongoing UN-brokered truce.
The Saudi-led coalition restricted Yemen's airspace on August 9, 2016, resulting in the closure of the Sanaa airport. Following that, only planes from a few international organisations were permitted to land at Sanaa International Airport, which had previously been the country's largest hub for international travel.
On April 2, Yemen's warring parties agreed to a two-month ceasefire, which includes allowing commercial flights to and from Sanaa, allowing fuel ships to enter the Houthi-held port of Hodeidah, and lifting the siege of the government-held Taiz city. According to the UN, the Yemeni government has allowed a total of 12 fuel ships carrying approximately 3,40,000 tonnes of fuel into the Hodeidah port since the truce's inception.
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