SHARJAH — The Sharjah Airport Authority has welcomed the decision of government agencies to open airports for transit flights, indicating that this decision is a step in the right direction, and comes within the policy of progressive economic openness that the UAE has committed to. In conjunction with Sharjah Airport’s announcement of its full readiness for the return of operations, Ali Salim Al Midfa, SAA chairman, said that the decision heralds the full opening of all world’s airports and the return of travel and tourism movement. He stressed that the authority has taken all necessary steps and made needed preparations, both in terms of operational and organizational procedures on one hand, and health and preventive measures that guarantee the smooth flow movement at the airport, and health and safety of passengers and employees, on the other. Al Midfa expected that airlines would start resuming their flights to some destinations that witness a high demand for travel to and from the Emirate of Sharjah, which is considered a center of business, tourist and commercial traffic. — WAM