28-03-2024 02:06 PM Jerusalem Timing

First Iranian Flight Lands in Sanaa

First Iranian Flight Lands in Sanaa

A first Iranian flight landed in Sanaa on Sunday, a day after Yemeni officials signed an aviation agreement with Tehran.

MahanA first Iranian flight landed in Sanaa on Sunday, a day after Yemeni officials signed an aviation agreement with Tehran.

The Mahan Air plane arrived in Sanaa carrying a team from the Iranian Red Crescent and medical aid, an aviation official told AFP.

Senior Iranian diplomats were on hand to welcome the flight -- the first between the two countries in many years.

Yemen's official Saba news agency said that under the deal Iran Mahan Air and Yemenia would operate 14 flights each a week.