Air Senegal

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Air Senegal is the flag carrier of the Republic of Senegal. Created in 2016, it is state owned through investment arm Caisse des Dépots et Consignation du Sénégal. It is based at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal.[1]

History

The airline was created in 2016 to replace bankrupt carrier Senegal Airlines, which was under liquidation. The new national airline is part of a large, 20-year horizon investment plan referred to as Plan Sénégal Émergent (PSE) initiated by President Macky Sall. Air Senegal aims to be the leader in West African air transport.[2] The airline is headed by Philippe Bohn, a former vice president of Airbus.[3] It is advised by the financial advisory conglomerate Lazard.[4][5]

On 29 April 2018, the airline received its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC),[6] and commenced domestic flights on 14 May 2018 with a fleet of two brand new ATR72-600s. In the fourth quarter of 2018, it leased two Airbus A319s from Lessors Avolon and Apollo and started deploying to several regional destinations. The airline added a third A319 jet in June 2019 to serve regional destinations, including Abidjan, Cotonou and Conakry.[7]

The airline ordered two long-haul wide-body Airbus A330-900s in November 2017 at the Dubai Air Show.[8] It became the first African acquirer of this new type of aircraft.[9] The first plane arrived in January 2019 after a delivery flight from Toulouse and launched the daily Dakar–Paris route.[10]

In November 2019, at the 2019 Dubai Air Show, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed for 8 Airbus A220-300 regional jets, the airline's largest order so far.[11] According to CEO Ibrahima Kane, "[They] will contribute to develop our long haul network to Europe and our regional network in Africa", with routes to London, Geneva and Lagos expected to be launched.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The first A220 is expected to be delivered in 2021, and upon delivery Air Senegal will become the third African airline to operate the Airbus A220 after Air Tanzania and EgyptAir, and the first airline in West Africa to operate them.

The end of 2019 saw big expansion for the carrier. In mid-November the airline strengthened its domestic links with a new route to Cap Skirring using its ATR 72-600s, its second domestic route after Ziguinchor.[12] There was also expansion in the long haul sector with the arrival of a 2nd A330-900, which enabled the airline to begin flights to Marseille and Barcelona, the airline's first destination in Spain.[13][14] The addition of 2 Boeing 737-500s on lease from Romanian airline Blue Air allowed Air Senegal to launch new routes to multiple countries in Western Africa, including Casablanca in Morocco, Ghana's capital city Accra, in addition to Abuja and Lagos in Nigeria.[15][16]

Expansion was abruptly halted in March 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing Air Senegal to temporarily suspend operations.[17] At the time, the airline was poised to commence flights to a pair of new European destinations - Geneva and London.[18] No update has been provided yet on when these routes will be commenced, though in a May 2021 interview it was hinted by Ibrahima Kane that they could be seen with the arrival of the Airbus A220s that the airline is due to receive in 2021.[19] At the end of 2020 Air Senegal received its first Airbus A321, with a second arriving in February 2021. These 2 aircraft helped launch new routes again, this time to Milan in Italy, the airline's first Italian route, as well as Lyon in southern France. These routes began in February and March respectively.[20][21] April saw the end of the lease on the 737-500s, with the second aircraft, YR-AMD, being returned to Blue Air where it has been parked at the carrier's base in Bucharest.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

A significant step in the airline's growth came with the announcement of its plans to fly to the United States for the first time from September 2021. For thirteen months afterwards, the airline served New York directly with the Airbus A330-900, before making a short hop to the Baltimore/Washington airport.[22] The route was operated twice weekly.[22] In January 2023, the airline canceled the Baltimore stop,[23] The flight to New York was subsequently eliminated from the schedule in September 2024, ending service to the United States.[24]

Corporate affairs

Business figures

Air Senegal does not make financial data available to the public. However, figures have been made available via press reports, interviews and other publications from time to time.[25] The airline received a bailout of €68 million from the Government of Senegal in 2020 to cover its losses.[25][26]

2018 2019 2020
Turnover (€ million) 75.00 18.75
Net profit / <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />loss (€ million) <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />loss <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />(30.00) <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />(68.00)
Number of passengers 495,000
Number of aircraft (at year end) 3 6 7

Associations and memberships

In September 2019, Air Senegal was admitted as a member of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).[27]

Destinations

As of November 2023, the airline serves 17 countries and 29 routes.[28][29]

As of April 2021, Air Senegal operated to the following destinations:[30]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport Terminated [31][32]
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport Terminated
Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport Terminated [32]
Cape Verde Praia Nelson Mandela International Airport [31]
Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport [33][34]
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport [31]
France Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Terminated [35][36]
Marseille Marseille Provence Airport Terminated [37][36]
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport [38]
Gabon Libreville Leon M'Ba International Airport Terminated [32]
Gambia Banjul Banjul International Airport
Guinea Conakry Conakry International Airport
Guinea-Bissau Bissau Osvaldo Vieira International Airport [31]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Terminated [39]
Mali Bamako Bamako–Sénou International Airport [32]
Mauritania Nouakchott Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport [40]
Morocco Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport [32]
Niger Niamey Diori Hamani International Airport Terminated [41]
Nigeria Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Terminated [40]
Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminated [40]
Senegal Cap Skirring Cap Skirring Airport [42]
Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Template:Airline hub [31]
Ziguinchor Ziguinchor Airport
Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport [43]
Sierra Leone Freetown Freetown International Airport Terminated
Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Terminated [37][36]
United States Baltimore Baltimore/Washington International Airport Terminated Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Codeshare agreements

Interline agreements

Fleet

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Air Senegal Airbus A330-900

As of April 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Air Senegal operates the following aircraft:[49][50]

Air Senegal fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C P Y Total
Airbus A319-100 2 — 12 — 108 120
Airbus A321-200 2 — 16 — 149 165[51]
Airbus A330-900 2 — 32 21 237 290
ATR 72-600 2 — — — 70 70
Let L-410NG 2 3 — — 19 19[52]
Total 10 3

Former Fleet

Air Senegal has previously operated the following aircraft:

Air Senegal former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A220-300 1 2021 2022
Airbus A319-100 1 2018 2019 Leased from Air Côte d'Ivoire.
Boeing 737-500 1 2019 2021 Leased from Blue Air.

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