Yemen - Oman, UAE and Arabian Peninsula - page 807

ticularly during Ramadan and the hajj pilgrimage), so reconfirmation is essential. In late
January 2010 the British government banned all direct flights between Yemen and the
UK. Any traveller arriving in their home country or a third country from Yemen can now
expect to be subjected to significant security checks.

Airlines Flying to/from Yemen

EgyptAir OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (MS; 01-273452; www.egyptair.com ; Az-Zubayri

St) Hub: Cairo.

Emirates OFFLINE MAP (EK; 01-444442; www.emirates.com ; 60 Metre St) Hub: Dubai.

Ethiopian Airlines OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (ET; 01-427993;

www.ethiopianairlines.com ; Beirut St, off Hadda St) Hub: Addis Ababa.

Gulf Air OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (GF; 01-40922; www.gulfair.com ; Hadda St) Hub:

Bahrain.

Qatar Airways OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (QR; 01-506030; www.qatarairways.com ;

Hadda St) Hub: Doha.

Royal Jordanian Airlines OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (RJ; 01-446064; www.rja.com.jo ;

Hadda St) Hub: Amman.

Saudi Arabian Airlines OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (SV; 01-402992;

www.saudiairlines.com ; Az-Zubayri St) Hub: Jeddah.

LAND

Border Crossings
At the time of research all land border crossings are closed to foreign tourists. In the event
of this changing in the lifetime of this topic, there are buses from Al-Mukalla and Sayun
to Oman.

SEA
Although cargo boats sometimes connect Yemen (the ports of Aden, Al-Mukalla and Al-
Hudayda principally) to ports on the Peninsula, as well as to Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan,
there are currently no regular services or timetables, and finding a vessel willing to take a
foreigner is likely to prove almost impossible at the moment. One option that was being
used by tourists prior to 2010 was to hitch a ride on a sambuq (boat) between Al-Makha
and Djibouti. From Djibouti you can journey on into the highlands of Ethiopia or the low-