MORONI, Dec 1 (NNN-SABA) -- Yemen and Comoros have discussed resuming the Yemeni airlines "Yemenia" flights to the Comorian capital Moroni that were suspended after the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comorian coasts on June 30.

During his meeting with the Yemenia delegation visiting Moroni to participate in the funerals held in Comoros Sunday for the crash victims, Comorian President Ahmed Abdullah Sambi has praised the distinctive services the Yemeni airlines offers to the Comorian people.

Sambi affirmed his country's keenness on enhancing the bilateral ties with Yemen in all areas, including air transportation.

In return, the head of the Yemenia delegation, head of the air services, Wazir al-Ya'abori voiced the company's readiness to reoperate the flights to Moroni, valuing the facilities the Comorian government offer to the company.

Yemenia is the only air carrier to the Comoros for years.

Funerals were held in Comoros on Sunday for the Yemenia jetliner crash victims. Fifty-four bodies were handed to their families who arrived in Moroni on Saturday to lay them to rest.

Comorian President Ahmed Abdullah Sambi who attended the burials said that whatever the cause of the June 30 crash that killed 152 passengers and crew members, the incident remains an act of God.

On Saturday, a Yemenia jetliner carried 203 families to Moroni for the burials of their relatives.

The only survivor from the tragedy was a 14-year-old French teenager.

The Yemenia has compensated the families of the victims, amounting to Euro 20,000 each.

-- NNN-SABA