沙特航空公司正争分夺秒地撤离价值高达40亿美元的飞机，这些飞机停放在利雅得机场，以应对胡塞武装的致命袭击。
Saudi airlines are racing to evacuate as much as $4 billion worth of aircraft stationed at Riyadh Airport in the face of deadly strikes by Houthi militia.
私人喷气式飞机、商业客机和直升机当时停在该国首都机场，因为沙特当局在周六一枚导弹击穿一个航站楼后关闭了跑道，导致至少12人死亡、300多人受伤。此次袭击是针对民用机场的最毁灭性的直接导弹袭击之一，发生在周四胡塞武装的另一次袭击之后，该次袭击造成三人死亡并损坏了五架飞机。
Private jets, commercial airliners and helicopters were parked at the kingdom’s capital airport when Saudi authorities shut its runway Saturday after a missile tore a hole through one of its terminals, killing at least 12 and injuring over 300 others. The strike, among the most devastating direct missile attacks on a civilian airport, followed a Thursday Houthi strike that killed three others and damaged five aircraft.
利雅得机场将一直关闭到本周日午夜，航空公司、保险公司和飞机所有者希望在地面上尽量减少飞机资产的暴露，以应对伊朗支持的也门民兵的新一轮袭击，并尽量保留其受扰动航班网络的至少一部分。该组织多次宣称，沙特领空是“我们武装力量行动的战场”。根据Flightradar24的追踪数据，自周四以来，利雅得机场地面上的飞机数量已从134架降至周三中午的38架。
With Riyadh Airport closed until midnight this coming Sunday, airlines, insurers and plane owners want to limit the exposure of aircraft assets on the ground amid renewed strikes by the Iranian-back Yemeni militia and keep at least part of their disrupted flight network intact. The group has repeatedly declared that Saudi airspace is a “theater for the operations of our armed forces.”Since Thursday, the number of aircraft on the ground at Riyadh Airport has dwindled from 134 to 38 as of noon Wednesday, according to tracking data from Flightradar24.
其中，一架已被报废，另有五架遭受不同程度的损坏，这是根据《华尔街日报》审阅的一份内部保险报告得出的结论。报告称，这六架受损飞机的总保险价值约为3.75亿美元。
Of those, one has been written off, with five others suffering some level of damage, according to an internal insurance report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Combined, the six damaged aircraft have a total insured value of some $375 million, according to the report.
机场遭受直接击中长期以来一直是航空保险的末日场景，因为价值数十亿美元的飞机紧密停放在一起，可能会被一次性全部摧毁。今年早些时候，迪拜和特拉维夫的飞机在跑道上受损，引发了保险公司的担忧。
Direct hits on an airport have long been an aviation insurance doomsday scenario, given that billions of dollars worth of planes sit tightly next to each other and could be wiped out en masse. Earlier this year, planes in Dubai and in Tel Aviv were damaged on the tarmac, triggering consternation among insurers.
“繁忙枢纽遭到一次袭击就可能造成战争保险公司最担心的那种集中损失，”Morningstar DBRS全球金融机构评级集团的董事总经理Marcos Alvarez说道。
“A single strike on a busy hub could cause exactly the kind of concentrated loss war insurers fear most,” said Marcos Alvarez, a managing director at Morningstar DBRS’s Global Financial Institutions ratings group.
上周胡塞武装的袭击使沙特阿拉伯的航空业陷入危机，而就在此时，该王国一直在投入数十亿美元用于建设新机场、升级旧航站楼以及购置新一批商用飞机。
The Houthi strikes over the last week have thrown Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry into crisis and comes as the kingdom has been investing tens of billions into constructing new airports, upgrading older terminals and splashing out on new fleets of commercial aircraft.
受影响最严重的航空公司目前是沙特阿拉伯的国家航空公司——沙特阿拉伯航空（Saudia），该公司是王国的国旗航空公司和最大航空公司。其飞机在上周四的袭击中被摧毁。该飞机是一架近16年的空客A320，当时正停靠在4号航站楼。根据熟悉袭击情况的人士透露，其两侧停放的另外两架飞机也在爆炸中受损，其中包括一架在4月交付的空客A321neo。
The worst affected airline has so far been Saudia, the kingdom’s flag carrier and biggest airline, whose aircraft was destroyed in the strike on Thursday last week. The aircraft, a nearly 16-year-old Airbus A320, was struck while parked at Terminal 4. Two others parked on either side, including an Airbus A321neo delivered in April, suffered damage in the blast, according to people familiar with the attacks.
“在利雅得被摧毁的沙特阿拉伯航空飞机表明，真正的风险暴露在于地面，”阿尔瓦雷斯说。
“The Saudia aircraft destroyed in Riyadh shows that the real exposure is on the ground,” Alvarez said.
沙特阿拉伯航空此前已确认，当时飞机上没有乘客。此次袭击导致三人死亡，其中包括该公司的一名机长。
Saudia previously confirmed no passengers were on board the aircraft at the time. Three people died in the strike, including a captain at the airline.
与此同时，周六另一次袭击产生的碎片损坏了一架波音787的机头，这是根据保险报告所述。这架宽体飞机由另一家国家支持的航空公司利雅得航空（Riyadh Air）运营，其保险金额超过1.3亿美元。
Debris from the separate Saturday attack, meanwhile, damaged the nose of a Boeing 787, according to the insurance report. That wide-body plane, operated by another state-backed airline, Riyadh Air, is insured for more than $130 million.
利雅得航空于6月正式开始商业运营，是沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨尔曼将王国打造成为主要未来主义旅游目的地计划中的关键支柱。在胡塞武装突破沙特防空体系发动袭击时，该航空公司有五架飞机停放在跑道上。此后，其中四架已飞往周边机场，包括王国西部的吉达和麦地那。
Riyadh Air formally started commercial operations in June and is a key pillar of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to turn the kingdom into a major, futuristic tourism destination. The airline had five aircraft parked on the tarmac when the Houthi strike broke through Saudi air defenses. Four have since been flown to surrounding airports, including Jeddah and Medina to the west of the kingdom.
飞机损坏将对航空公司必须购买的战争风险保险政策造成影响。根据熟悉此事的人士透露，沙特阿拉伯三家最大的国家支持航空公司——沙特阿拉伯航空、利雅得航空和折扣运营商Flyadeal——将于下个月续保其保险政策。目前尚不清楚保费可能上涨多少。
The aircraft damage is set to weigh on war risk insurance policies that airlines are required to have to fly their planes. Saudi’s three biggest state-backed airlines—Saudia, Riyadh Air and discount operator Flyadeal—are set to renew their policies next month, according to a person familiar with the matter. It isn’t clear how much policies might rise.
航空公司可能将在上月晚些时候发生的FlyDubai客机未遂劫持事件后，为其飞机投保支付更高的保费。这架波音737 MAX客机正在接受检查，以确定其在袭击过程中所承受的极端速度和力量是否足够严重，以至于无法再次投入飞行。如果该飞机无法重新投入服务，保险公司将把其视为已报废，并将其纳入其航空风险概况之中。
Airlines could be set to pay higher premiums to insure their planes following the attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai jet late last month. The Boeing 737 MAX is undergoing inspections to see if the extreme speeds and forces it was subjected to during the attack were severe enough to prevent the aircraft flying again. If it doesn’t re-enter service, the aircraft will be treated as written off by insurers and factored into their aviation risk profile.
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