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Yemen Online
04-07-2025
- Business
- Yemen Online
Yemenia Airways Expands Network with New Regional Routes and Additional Flights
Aden – Yemenia Airways has announced the launch of several new regional routes and the expansion of existing services. The move comes as part of the national carrier's broader strategy to reestablish Yemen's presence in regional airspace and meet growing demand from travelers, including expatriates, patients, and students. Third Weekly Flight to Dubai via Mukalla Starting Wednesday, July 9, 2025, Yemenia will operate a third weekly flight on the Aden–Dubai route, with a stopover at Riyan International Airport in Mukalla. The new schedule will offer flights to Dubai on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, providing greater flexibility and accessibility for passengers in southern and eastern Yemen. 'This expansion reflects our commitment to improving air travel options for Yemenis and reconnecting the country with key regional hubs,' said a spokesperson for Yemenia. New Destinations on the Horizon Yemenia also revealed plans to launch new direct and connecting routes in the coming weeks, including: - Aden – Doha (Qatar)
Hans India
14-06-2025
- General
- Hans India
The Seat 11A Mystery: How the lone survivor cheated death!
New Delhi: Only one person walked out of the shattered Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. British-Indian national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, seated in 11A, emerged as the sole survivor of Air India flight AI-171, which crashed just moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The crash, India's deadliest single-aircraft disaster in decades, occurred at 1:38 pm on Thursday. The aircraft, bound for London Gatwick, went down seconds after departure, striking a multi-storey hostel housing resident doctors of BJ Medical College in the Meghaninagar area. Among the dead were 229 passengers and 12 crew members. Officials said five medical students on the ground also died. But Ramesh, a 40-year-old businessman based in the UK, walked out of the wreckage dazed, bloodied and burned. His brother, seated in 11J across the aisle, was not as fortunate. "Everything happened in front of my eyes. I thought I would die," Ramesh said hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited him at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. Seat 11A is positioned in the first row of economy class, directly behind the business cabin and close to the emergency exits on the left side. When the aircraft hit the ground, the front-left section, including 11A, collapsed into the ground floor of the hostel building, not the upper levels where the aircraft's main body suffered its worst destruction. "The side where I was seated fell into the ground floor of the building," Ramesh recounted. "There was some space. When the door broke, I saw that space and I just jumped out." Ramesh was lucky. The section opposite him, where the plane had rammed into a wall, was sealed off by debris and fire. None of the occupants from those rows survived. "The door must've broken on impact," he said. "There was a wall on the opposite side, but near me, it was open. I ran. I don't know how." Photos from the site confirm his account. The midsection and tail of the plane were reduced to charred rubble. But the forward fuselage had partially broken off before catching fire, allowing a narrow exit path. "I don't know how I came out of it alive," Ramesh said. "For a while, I thought I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I saw I was alive. And I opened my seat belt and got out of there. The airhostess and aunty uncle all died before my eyes." Ramesh is now in bed 11 of Ward B7 at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, under 24-hour monitoring. His ward is guarded by the Gujarat ATS and the city crime branch. PM Modi arrived in Ahmedabad on Friday and visited the crash site and later the hospital, where he met Ramesh. "He asked me what happened," Ramesh said. "I told him I don't know how I lived. It all happened so fast." The fact that only one person survived has drawn comparisons to past aviation disasters where a single passenger lived. In 1987, four-year-old Cecelia Cichan survived the Northwest Flight 255 crash in Detroit. In 2009, Bahia Bakari, 12, was the only survivor of Yemenia Flight 626 crash near the Comoros Islands. More recently, co-pilot Jim Polehinke survived the 2006 Comair crash in Kentucky.
Saba Yemen
01-06-2025
- Business
- Saba Yemen
Yemenia Holds Some of Its Offices Legally Responsible for Rejecting Tickets Issued from Sana'a
Sana'a-Saba: Yemenia has declared its categorical rejection of any practices that violate the rights of passengers by some of its offices, both domestically and abroad. In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), Yemenia affirmed that there is no legal or professional justification for the refusal to accept tickets issued by the company's offices in Sana'a by some of its offices, both domestically and abroad. The statement warned that these individual actions are subject to legal accountability under international civil aviation laws. The statement expressed regret for the irresponsible practices that some passengers were subjected to, which contradict the company's ethics and principles. The statement considered the travel ticket a binding contract that obligates the company to fulfill its obligations until the passenger reaches their final destination. The statement called on all passengers who have encountered similar situations to file official complaints with the relevant authorities, document the cases, and report them to ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable. Regarding the Sana'a-Amman route, Yemenia categorically denied allegations that sales were restricted to Sana'a offices, asserting that reservations and sales were available to all its offices and agents inside and outside Yemen. This was evidenced by the collection of more than $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2025 to the company's accounts in Aden for tickets sold on this route. The company stated that "all operational costs associated with this route—including aircraft fuel, ground services at Queen Alia Airport, and transit fees through Saudi and Jordanian airspace—are fully paid by the company's general management in Sana'a." Yemena Airways emphasized that attempts by some of its members to politicize corporate work and abuse their powers in an unprofessional manner will not succeed in disrupting the company's national role, affirming its continued service to all Yemenis without exception or discrimination. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Sinar Daily
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Sinar Daily
Israeli strikes destroy last plane at Yemen's Sanaa airport
The plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. 30 May 2025 10:45am A destroyed airplane lies on the tarmac at Sanaa International Airport on May 29, 2025, in the aftermath of an Israeli military strike. Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on May 28, 2025. - (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) SANAA - Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at rebel-held Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on Wednesday, weeks after an earlier attack inflicted major damage. An air raid involving multiple strikes hit the Yemenia Airways plane and the runway at Sanaa airport, the Huthi rebels' Al-Masirah TV channel posted on X, decrying "Israeli aggression". Thick black smoke was seen billowing from a stricken plane on the tarmac, in a video posted on X by Sanaa airport director Khaled al-Shaief who said it was Yemenia's last operational aircraft. The airport had only resumed limited commercial services on May 17, according to Huthi authorities, after it was closed by a heavy Israeli attack that destroyed six planes 11 days earlier. The Huthis, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians, have been firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, prompting reprisal strikes from Israel as well as the United States and Britain. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets targeted Huthi "terror targets" at the airport, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel. "Air Force jets have just struck terror targets of the Huthi terrorist organisation at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last aircraft remaining," he said in a statement. An Israeli military statement said aircraft there "were used by the Huthi terrorist organisation for the transfer of terrorists who advanced terrorist attacks against the state of Israel". According to a statement from Yemenia, the plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Destroyed airplanes lie on the tarmac at Sanaa International Airport on May 29, 2025, in the aftermath of an Israeli military strike. Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on May 28, 2025. - (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) - 'Fragile situation' - The Huthis began their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, prompting British and US military strikes beginning in January 2024. Earlier this month, the United States agreed a ceasefire with the Huthis, ending weeks of intense American strikes on rebel-held areas. However, the Huthis have continued to fire frequent projectiles at Israel, including strikes targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Earlier this month, Israel threatened to target the Huthi leadership. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg warned in a statement that clashes between the Huthis and Israel are "exacerbating an already very fragile situation for Yemen and the region". The Huthis had earlier paused their attacks during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed in March. The rebels have been at war with a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in Yemen, although fighting has decreased significantly since a UN-negotiated six-month truce in 2022. That year the airport, closed for six years during the war, reopened to commercial flights and has offered services to and from Amman in Jordan. - AFP
Saba Yemen
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Press Conference on Israeli Attack on Sana'a Airport
Sana'a (Saba) – The Ministries of Transport and Public Works and Justice and Human Rights held a press conference today at Sana'a International Airport regarding the Israeli attack on Sana'a Airport and the targeting of a Yemenia civilian plane carrying pilgrims and patients. At the press conference, Ali Tasir, head of the Human Rights Sector at the Ministry of Justice, emphasized that targeting civilian airports and aircraft carrying civilians, including patients and pilgrims, constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law. He said, "The Israeli enemy is committing war crimes and genocide against the Yemeni people amid shameful international and Arab silence." Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
