SHABWA, Yemen — On January 8, 2025, Yemen's General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology announced the reopening of Ataq International Airport in Shabwa province, southeast Yemen, confirming its readiness to receive and dispatch flights starting today. In a statement issued to...
SOCOTRA-Yemen — A report by the American website The Maritime Executive, published on January 2, 2025, has revealed the near completion of an airport on Yemen's Abd al-Kuri Island, part of the Socotra archipelago in the Arabian Sea. The report highlights the accelerated construction effo...
On December 27, 2024, Syrian state television reported that Lebanese authorities detained the wife and daughter of Dureid Rifaat Assad at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut after discovering they were carrying forged Syrian passports. Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar noted that the detaine...
On Thursday, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the completion of its acquisition of approximately 15% of shares in FGP Topco Limited, the parent company of London’s Heathrow Airport. The fund disclosed that the acquisition was finalized through the purchase of shares from F...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, responsible sources within the Yemeni Customs Authority reported the seizure of monitoring devices, ship reception equipment, and smuggled medications at the Free Zone Customs and Aden International Airport in southern Yemen. According to the state news agency Saba,...
Khaled Abdul-Latif, the director of Al-Mokha International Airport, revealed the reasons behind the delays in the airport's operations, which was officially inaugurated by the internationally recognized Yemeni government in April 2024 in Taiz Province, southwestern Yemen. In an exclusive st...
Aden, Yemen (August 28, 2024): Security forces in Aden, southern Yemen, have apprehended two Houthi leaders upon their return from Cairo, Egypt. The individuals, identified as Abdul Momen Mohammed Ismail, a brigadier general appointed by the Houthis as deputy governor of Taiz, and Abdul Hakim...
Yemen's recognized government's Minister of Transportation, Abdulsalam Hamid, revealed on Monday, August 12, 2024, that the ministry is making arrangements for the inauguration of "Ataq Airport" in Shabwah governorate (eastern Yemen). The announcement came during a meeting cha...
Yemenia Airways announced on Sunday, August 11, 2024, the resumption of operations at its maintenance center at Sana'a International Airport, controlled by the Houthi group, which is designated as a terrorist organization by several countries. The center had been inactive for 10 years. In a...
Sana'a International Airport Director Khaled Al-Shaif confirmed on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, that the Saudi-led Arab coalition has halted all flights to and from the airport since the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, seized Yemenia Airlines planes a week ago...