Yemeni official thanks UAE over restoring operation of Aden International Airport

ADEN, 30th August, 2015 (WAM)--Eng. Tariq Abdou Ali, Director of Aden International Airport has thanked the UAE for restoring the operation of Aden International Airport, which is a main artery for southern Yemen. He told Al Ittihad daily in a statement that the UAE has fully restored the airport after the liberation of the city. Ali added that the airport would receive civil flights in September after hiatus of five months caused by the war initiated by Al Houthi rebels and deposed Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He added that a specialised UAE company's technical team arrived yesterday to fix the airport tower damaged during the conflict. . – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/international/1395284774907.html