Sénégal Airlines

Sénégal Airlines is the national airline of Senegal, based in Dakar and successor of the liquidated Air Senegal International. The Arabic long distance carrier Emirates supported the airlines in the creation and recording of flight operations with his experience. In return, the Senegal Airlines services in West Africa act as feeder flights for Emirates connection from Dakar to Dubai. The aviation consulting company TASC Aviation Consulting has advised on the establishment of the airline.

Shareholder

The airline is a diversified company that was initially mostly in private hands. Since November 2013, the State of Senegal holds directly or indirectly 51 percent, 49 percent are in private Senegalese investors and companies, including insurance companies, banks, or ground handlers at the airport of Dakar, who had by eliminating the home carrier Air Senegal International capacity surpluses.

History

The airline was founded in late October 2009 and is de facto successor to the Air Sénégal International, which had to cease flying and dissolve in the previous April / August. You should fill the resulting vacuum, the Senegalese aviation. In November 2009 at the Dubai Air Show for Airbus four airplanes of the type Airbus A320 -200 and two long-haul aircraft ordered and announced plans to resume flight operations in September Airbus A330 -200 for a total contract value of 670 million U.S. dollars, which was delayed until January 25, 2011. With two used Airbus A320 aircraft operating the flight from Dakar to the major cities of neighboring African States Abidjan, Bamako, Banjul, Conakry, Nouakchott and Ouagadougou was taken. Domestic services and routes to Europe were not initially included. The two Airbus A320s are equipped with 136 seats in business and economy class and were previously at China Eastern Airlines and Spring Airlines in use. One of the aircraft is leased from CIT Aerospace, the other from GECAS.

The Flight into operation had led to a diplomatic involvement with Belgium, as the authorities of the very active on the African continent Belgian Brussels Airlines had withdrawn from the route rights for operating the routes to Banjul, Conakry and Freetown and the partly state-owned flag carrier would serve these compounds. Brussels Airlines flew the three goals in the Triangle Flight from Brussels to Dakar on. The Belgian embassy was unable to regain permission. Since then, the route is no longer flown by Brussels Airlines. Sénégal Airlines subsequently announced to increase in the next two years fleet and number of destinations as well as to plan services to Europe and Asia.

In the summer of 2011 came a third A320 in the fleet, which had previously been used at Vladivostok Air, and is leased from GECAS. Thus in August 2011 the routes Cotonou and Libreville were opened from Dakar with stops in Abidjan and added the destination Douala in Cameroon via Abidjan.

Previously rented by a Cimber Sterling for an initial six months ATR was taken 42 the distance to Praia in the Cape Verde Islands and the first domestic route Dakar - Ziguinchor 8 August 2011 and a second domestic route Dakar -Cap Skirring from October 31.

An Airbus A320 of the Company was incorporated on 28 October 2010 on the way from Dakar via Conakry (Guinea) to Abidjan seized by the air traffic control authority at Conakry airport on the ground, air traffic control company Roberts FIR 've receivable in the amount of 110,000 euros from the insolvent predecessor company Air Senegal International. Roberts FIR also monitors the airspace in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The 95 passengers had to stay in Conakry. This led to tensions at government level and a ban on flights to or from Guinea for the Senegalese airspace. After three days, the dispute was settled and revoking measures.

Objectives

International operated Sénégal Airlines from Dakar about a dozen scheduled destinations in West Africa, some of which are served with stopovers, the metropolis of Abidjan grown in the Ivory Coast in order to achieve a better utilization.

In national transport Sénégal Airlines Cap Skirring Ziguinchor and operated from Dakar.

Sénégal Airlines has since its founding with Emirates from the United Arab Emirates, a strategic partnership, for example, includes advice on the part of Emirates for the young Senegalese national carrier. Sénégal Airlines, however, offers with its relatively good network in West Africa feeder flights for Emirates service to Dubai on. In the long term plans Sénégal Airlines own long-distance services in Paris with top priority.

It is planned to resettle at the opening of the new Dakar Airport Blaise Diagne, to replace the old and congested airport Dakar Leopold Sedar Senghor there.

Fleet

The fleet is as of August 2013 of 4 planes:

The fleet age is as at August 2013 was 15.3 years.