Overview
- Yemen’s information minister announced the operation’s completion after the last Yemenia evacuation flight left Socotra with 109 passengers and arrivals were confirmed in Jeddah.
- The Foreign Ministry said the evacuations were conducted to Saudi Arabia on four Yemenia Airways flights.
- Authorities reported a total of 609 foreign tourists were moved off the island, resolving the backlog from the service disruption.
- The Russian Embassy in Yemen said most Russian citizens had already departed to Saudi Arabia earlier in the week.
- Tourists were stranded when air links to the remote Indian Ocean island were halted, prompting coordinated evacuation flights from January 7 to 10.