Gulf Air's first flight to Khartoum airport arrives after a temporary stopover

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The Gulf Air's first flight to Khartoum International Airport arrived Sunday after a temporary suspension since April.

Mohammed Al-Mahdi, spokesman for the Khartoum International Airport Company, announced that Gulf Air has started flights to Khartoum International Airport, according to the Sudanese news agency "SUNA".

First Gulf Air Flight Arrives Khartoum Airport

Gulf Air has started its flights to Khartoum International Airport, where the first flight arrived yesterday evening. This was announced in a statement (to the Sauna) Mr. Mohammed Mahdi Nasr, spokesman of the Khartoum International Airport Company. pic.twitter.com/vuUMeqLdnS
– SUDAN News Agency (SUNA) (@SUNA_AGENCY) July 1, 2019

He also revealed the resumption of a number of airlines to its flights to Khartoum in the coming days, following the suspension in the past period, and pointed to the resumption of Emirates flights on the ninth of July, while resuming the Air Union on July 14, pointing out that the suspension of flights was for reasons of operation Related companies.

In April, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for Civil Aviation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mohammed Thamer Al Kaabi, announced the suspension of flights on board Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Khartoum International Airport.

Al-Kaabi said in a statement to Al-Watan newspaper that after continuous communication with Gulf Air, Gulf Air announced temporarily stopping its flights to Khartoum International Airport for the safety of passengers.

Khartoum airport spokesman Mohammed al-Mahdi said in June that some international airlines had stopped flights to Khartoum airport, while some continued to travel, while domestic flights continued normally.

Earlier, local sources reported that the internal and external flights at Khartoum International Airport were stopped, in addition to calls for demonstrations in the Sudanese capital to protest against the disobedience of protesters in front of the army headquarters in central Khartoum.

The Sudanese opposition earlier accused the security forces of storming the headquarters of the sit-in in front of the army's general headquarters in Khartoum, using "excessive force." At least 12 people were killed and more than 60 wounded by shots fired at the sit-in site. The Sudanese Central Committee for the Non-Government of Sudan (SSMC) said the death toll of the sit-in had risen to 118 after a young man was shot dead by the rapid support forces Or the so-called "Janjawid".