Mahmoud al-Zanaty, head of the Civil Aviation Authority, said Egypt did not close the Egyptian airspace for the plane carrying the Houthi delegation, heading to the Yemeni reconciliation conference in Geneva.
He added that no requests from aviation authorities in Djibouti or any other state had been received in that respect.
In remarks to Al-Masry Al-Youm on Monday, Zanaty said that “the rnews about Egypt requesting to check the plane before it passes through Egyptian airspace, based on a decision from the Arab alliance are untrue. We have not been requested by any security authority in Egypt to do so. Thus, if any plane requested passage via the Egyptian airspace, it will be allowed to do so.”
Zanaty also added he did not know whether the delegation's plane would be a civil or a military one. In case it was a military plane, the Egyptian civil aviation authority will not be responsible for granting permissions.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
