In Numbers: Tremendous Losses Inflicted by Yemen’s Transport System Due to Saudi War
YemenExtra
M.A.
The minister of transportation, Zakaria al-Shami, revealed that “Sana’a International Airport was providing its services to more than two million people before its shutdown, and more than 15 thousand patients have died due to the closure of the airport, while nearly 50 thousand are stranded abroad and can not return to the homeland, as well as 95 thousand patients who could not travel abroad for treatment.”
Moreover, the head of the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Mohamed Abdul Qadir, said: “The Saudi-led coalition targeted civilian airports serving the entire Yemeni people, at the forefront Sana’a International Airport, which transports about 80% of Yemenis.”
He noted that the damages and losses suffered by the Civil Aviation Authority and Meteorology – with all its sectors as a result of the continued aggression – amounted to more than two billion dollars, and 60% losses of revenues that were coming to the authority from different airlines and investors.
Furthermore, the head of the General Authority for the regulation of land transport affairs, Walid al-Wadai, said that the Saudi-led coalition targeted the land transport sectors and its various avenues, whereas a number of which are either completely or partially no longer functional.
In addition, he pointed to the direct damage incurred by the land transport sector as a result of the aggression, starting with the main headquarters in Sana’a and the land ports such as the ports of Al-Tawal and Alab, while indirect damage is embodied in the control of the Saudi-led coalition and its mercenaries of the Aden and Hadramout branches and the land ports of deposit and land freight.
Al-Wadai mentioned that the amount of damages and losses inflicted by the land transport sector – due to the Saudi-led coalition – amounted to about (19) million dollars as a preliminary statistic.
He stressed that the Saudi-led coalition resulted in direct difficulties in the transport process due to the lack and the high cost of oil derivatives as well as the systematic bombing of roads and bridges.
On the other hand, the deputy head of the Red Sea Ports Corporation, Yahya Sharaf al-Din, said that the Saudi-led coalition damaged the maritime sector with direct losses, and demolished some sea ports completely, pointing out that the havoc resulting from the aggression and the imposed siege on the sea ports amounted to 900 million dollars.