New Yemeni airline launches regular flights to Jordan

Newly formed Yemeni airline Queen Bilqis Airways launched regular commercial flights Saturday from the port city of Aden to the Jordanian capital Amman, airport officials said. Kjeld Binger, CE of Airport International Group which operates Jordan's Queen Alia airport, said the privately owned airline would operate 3 flights per week between Amman and Aden. The Yemeni capital Sanaa's international airport remains closed to international commercial flights as it has been since a Saudi-led military coalition imposed a no-fly zone after the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement took over the capital. The airline officials did not say who owns the new airline. A group of Yemeni businessmen recently bought certain operating rights from the national airline which suspended flights to Sanaa after the Houthi takeover. <br/>