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Iranian flight lands in Yemen: report

Xinhua, March 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

An Iranian passenger plane landed in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday following an agreement signed between Iran and a delegation from Yemen in Tehran recently, Iran's Student News Agency (ISNA) reported.

Iran's Mahan Air airliner has taken a cargo of humanitarian and medical aid with the message of friendship to Yemen, an Iranian aviation source told ISNA.

"A Yemeni delegation came to Tehran last week and met with Iranian officials. The two sides agreed to establish direct flights between Tehran and Sanaa following the visit," the source was quoted as saying.

The two countries would exchange weekly visits, and the flights will bear passengers as well as medical aid from Iran to Yemen, according to the report.

Under the deal that was signed between the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) of Yemen and Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) on Feb. 28, Mahan Air and Yemen's airliner Yemenia would operate 14 flights between Tehran to Sana'a each week, according to Press TV.

The two sides also talked about cooperation on training civil aviation cadres, rehabilitation and operation of airports and maintenance of runways and navigational devices.

The first flight by Iran to Yemen in a decade comes after the Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, seized power in Yemen's capital Sanaa and dissolved the parliament, a move that was not recognized by the Gulf Co-operation Council and most Western states.

After more than a dozen countries closed their embassies in Sanaa early February, sources at the CAMA said more international airlines were considering to adjust their operations in the unrest-hit country. Endit