Yemen’s Hudaydah Airport receives first plane after 8-year hiatus

CCTV News Client News At 15:20 local time on June 7, a helicopter leased by the United Nations successfully landed at Hodeidah Airport in western Yemen, then took off and returned to Djibouti, the departure point, completing the landing and take-off at Hodeidah Airport for emergency situations test. Since the outbreak of Yemen’s large-scale civil war in 2015, Hodeidah Airport has been unable to use it after shelling and air strikes. This is the first time that Hodeidah Airport has received aircraft movements in eight years.

According to relevant personnel from the airport to the reporter of China Central Radio and Television, Hudaydah Airport has been severely damaged and currently only meets the technical conditions for helicopter take-off and landing in emergency situations. The airport needs at least 6 months to a year of repairs before it can Satisfy the technical conditions for take-off and landing of normal aircraft. (Headquarters reporter Zhang Yuchen)