Blaise Diagne International Airport

Blaise Diagne International Airport (French: Aéroport international Blaise Diagne, IATA: DSS, ICAO: GOBD) is an international airport near the town of Diass in Thiès Region, Senegal, 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of downtown Dakar. It serves as the main airport for Dakar, replacing Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, which became too small. It is named after Blaise Diagne, the first black African elected to France's parliament in 1914. Regular flights are operated from it to destinations across many parts of Africa, as well as to Europe, Macaronesia, the Middle East, and the USA.

Blaise Diagne International Airport

Aéroport International Blaise Diagne
Summary
Airport typeCivil
OwnerGovernment of Senegal
OperatorSumma-Limak
ServesDakar
LocationThiès Region, Senegal
Hub forAir Senegal, Transair
Elevation AMSL289.59 ft / 88.27 m
Coordinates14°40′16″N 17°4′1″W
Websitedakaraeroport.com
Map
DSS
Location of airport in Senegal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,500 11,483 Asphalt

Opening delays

The airport was originally expected to be operational at the end of the year 2011,[1] but this date was pushed back by almost a year in September of that year.[2] In September 2012, Senegalese Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye announced that the airport would open in the first quarter of 2014.[3] In January 2015, word spread that the airport would open in June 2015. On April 4, 2015 Reuters announced a new opening date for early 2016.

The expected building costs rose to 566 million euros,[2] with over 400 million coming from the Saudi Binladin Group.[4]

The airport finally opened for scheduled operations on December 7, 2017.[5]

Ground Transportation

The Train Express Regional is a planned rail-link between the airport and Dakar, and was expected to be complete in late 2018.

Airlines and destinations
Airport's terminal

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Burkina Bamako, Ouagadougou
Air Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Senegal Abidjan,[6] Abuja,[7] Accra,[7] Bamako, Banjul, Barcelona,[8] Bissau,[6] Cap Skirring,[9] Casablanca,[7] Conakry, Cotonou,[6] Freetown (begins 23 June 2020),[10] Geneva (begins 18 June 2020),[11] Lagos,[7] London–Stansted (begins 26 June 2020),[10] Marseille,[8] Niamey,[12] Nouakchott,[7] Ouagadougou, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[13] Praia,[6] Ziguinchor
Arik Air Accra, Banjul, Lagos
ASKY Airlines Abidjan, Bissau, Lomé, Praia [14]
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Brussels Airlines Banjul, Brussels
Cabo Verde Airlines Sal[15]
Camair-Co Abidjan, Douala[16]
CEIBA Intercontinental Cotonou, Malabo[17]
Delta Air Lines New York–JFK
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Bamako
Guinea Airlines Banjul, Conakry[18]
Iberia Madrid
NeosMilan–Malpensa (begins 3 july 2020)
Kenya Airways Abidjan, Bamako, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Mauritania Airlines Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, Freetown, Nouakchott
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transair Banjul, Bissau, Cap Skirring, Conakry, Freetown, Kolda, Praia, Ziguinchor[19]
Charter: Kédougou, Tambacounda
Transavia France Seasonal: Nantes [20]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tunisair Conakry, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul1
Vueling Barcelona, Tenerife–North
Departures Hall
Notes

^1 : Some Turkish Airlines flights from Istanbul to Dakar stop in Nouakchott, but the flight from Dakar to Istanbul is nonstop. Other times the flight from Istanbul to Dakar is nonstop, but the DSS–IST return journey stops in Banjul. In neither case does Turkish Airlines have local traffic rights between Dakar and the other destination alone.

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Lufthansa Cargo São Paulo–Guarulhos, Campinas-Viracopos
Kalitta Air São Paulo–Guarulhos
Emirates SkyCargo Petrolina

References
  1. "L'aéroport Blaise Diagne sera livré en fin 2011 (ministre)" (in French). Seneweb.com. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. "L'Aeroport International Blaise Diagne opérationnel au second semestre de 2012 (ministre)". APS (in French). Seneweb.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. "Senegal's second international airport ready in 2014". Panapress. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. Aidara, Ismael (19 September 2011). "Sénégal : Saudi Bin Laden sur le tarmac de l'aéroport Blaise Diagne". Seneweb.com (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  5. Carley Petesch. "Senegal opens new international airport with economic hopes". AP. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. "Air Senegal outlines proposed regional network from late-Sep 2018". routesonline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  7. "Air Senegal continues Africa network expansion in W19". routesonline.com. 16 October 2019.
  8. "Air Senegal schedules Barcelona / Marseille launch in Dec 2019". routesonline.com. 2 October 2019.
  9. Liu, Jim (5 November 2019). "Air Senegal adds Cap Skirring service from mid-Nov 2019". routesonline.com.
  10. Liu, Jim. "Air Senegal adds London / Freetown service from late-June 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  11. Liu, Jim (7 February 2020). "Air Senegal expands European service; Geneva launch in June 2020". routesonline.com.
  12. Liu, Jim (9 July 2019). "Air Senegal schedules new routes in 3Q19". routesonline.com.
  13. "Air Senegal plans Paris launch in Feb 2019". routesonline.com. 25 September 2018.
  14. Liu, Jim. "Asky Airlines adds Cape Verde service from April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  15. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Cabo Verde Airlines adds Dakar service from Dec 2018".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279303/camair-co-adds-dakar-flight-from-june-2018/
  17. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279302/ceiba-intercontinental-adds-dakar-service-from-late-june-2018/
  18. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/281376/asky-airlines-files-guinea-network-from-december-2018/
  19. http://www.groupetransair.sn/index.php/tarifs-et-horaires.html
  20. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France S20 network expansion as of 17JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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