The first commercial flight in nearly six years has left Yemen's capital.

The Yemenia plane carrying 137 passengers, took off from rebel-held Sanaa for Amman, Jordan on Monday morning, Al Jazeera reports.

The airport had been closed to commercial traffic since August 2016 because of a blockade by the Saudi-led military coalition.

The airport is resuming flights as part of a truce, which also includes reaping roads into the city of Taiz and allowing fuel tankers into the Houthi-held port of Hodeidah.

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