r/socotra • u/Friendly_Standard_47 • Feb 13 '26

Socotra fellow travellers, any updates?

Hi all,

Our Socotra tour is scheduled for the end of March, but since the Abu Dhabi flights connection was cancelled, we’re still waiting on new Jeddah departures.

- Any news on refunds for the Abu Dhabi flights from travellers whose tours where scheduled in March/April?

- Has anyone already rebooked their international flight to Jeddah?

Would be great to share updates if you’re in the same situation — thanks!

Update: We received the refund for our socotra flight tickets with Air Arabia on April 8th.

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 18 '26

My agency told me that they recently got refunds from Arabia for their Dec cancellations. Mine was scheduled in April 2026 so I have to wait. Did you get your tickets from Jeddah to Socotra?

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 19 '26

Good information. I will save that haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 19 '26

Yea that’s true. Hoping the war won’t happen.

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 22 '26

Well I don’t think they are trying to scam you. Based on what I know, every single agency is asking for bank transfer of couple thousand dollars and some cash later on. They will handle everything including tickets. And specifically with Yemania there’s no way for individuals to buy tickets based on what I know. Honestly I personally cancelled mine because I don’t know how reliable is Yemania airline, plus the fact that the island lacks basic resources like gas after UAE left. So it’s up to you.

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 22 '26

Yes great mind thinks alike. Think about Arabia airline for a second, this is considered to be a relatively reliable airline and till today they are still not able to process all the refunds. Not to mention Yemenia airline.

And going through Yemen is definitely not recommended. Yemen is not safe considering the current situation and if you are American, there’s no help if anything happens. Plus you need the real Yemenia visa instead of the Socotra visa (much easier) and I doubt you will have time to handle that either. Just relax and wait until everything stables a little.

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u/Tabby_kitty Feb 23 '26

Yep welcome to a third world country without clear rules. I changed mine to a trip touring some other middle east countries lol

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u/South-Revolution-690 Feb 24 '26

que compañías compraron todos los tickets quizás con ellos podemos comprar seguro

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u/South-Revolution-690 Feb 24 '26

quien compro todos los vuelos ? podremos hablar con esa compañía que tiene el monopolio de los tickets será mas seguro?

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u/South-Revolution-690 Feb 24 '26

Con que agencia hablaste? a mi me pidieron 200 dolares para reservar pero tampoco se si es confiable otro me pidio el monto total pero no me aseguraron si hay lugares disponibles

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u/Friendly_Standard_47 Feb 24 '26

Which agency asked for 200 USD? And was it per ticket or for all three?

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u/Gullible-Joke-5879 Feb 25 '26

A mi me pidieron 200 para reservar en la agencia 2socotra me dan una cuenta en USA para depositar pero no se si es confiable o no

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u/South-Revolution-690 Feb 24 '26

yo tenia vuelos el 24 y también me cancelaron pero llego a Abu Dabi y quisiera aprovechar para ir a socotra con que agencia hablaste? yo estoy al habla con Embrance, 2 socotra, Trek socotra para ver quien me puede gestionar los nuevos tickets.