Senegal Airlines

Senegal Airlines
Founded	2009
Ceased operations	12 April 2016
Hubs	Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Parent company	Groupement National des Privés du Sénégal, Groupements de Prestataires Aéroportuaires, Fédération des Assureurs du Sénégal (64%); Senegalese Government (36%);
Headquarters	Yoff, Dakar, Senegal
Key people	Edgardo Badiali (CEO)

Groupe Air Sénégal, operating as Senegal Airlines (French: Sénégal Compagnies Aériennes), was an airline with its head office on the property of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal.^[3] It operated a scheduled network in Senegal and neighbouring countries from its main base at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.

History

The airline was launched after Air Sénégal International ceased its operations in 2009, and made its first flights on 25 January 2011.^[4] Senegal Airlines's CEO was Edgardo Badiali, the former CEO of GoAir and MyAir.^[5] It was 64% privately owned.^[5]

On 12 April 2016, Senegal's Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning, Amadou Ba, announced that Senegal Airlines had formally ceased all operations.^[1] Senegal Airlines was shut down because it had accumulated over 100 billion CFA francs ($172 million US dollars) of debt since its inception.^{[citation needed]} Senegal plans to establish a new flag carrier in the near future.^[6]

On 14 May 2018, Air Senegal was launched to replace it.

Destinations

Senegal Airlines offered service to the following African cities before ceasing operations in April 2016:^[4]

Europe

France
- Paris - Charles De Gaulle Airport

Africa

Benin
- Cotonou - Cotonou Airport
Burkina Faso
- Ouagadougou - Ouagadougou Airport
Cameroon
- Douala - Douala Airport
Cape Verde
- Praia - Praia Airport
Ivory Coast
- Abidjan - Port Bouet Airport
Gabon
- Libreville - Libreville International Airport
Gambia
- Banjul - Banjul International Airport
Guinea
- Conakry - Gbessia Airport
Guinea-Bissau
- Bissau - Osvaldo Vieira International Airport
Mali
- Bamako - Senou International Airport
Mauritania
- Nouakchott - Nouakchott International Airport
Niger
- Niamey - Niamey Airport
Senegal
- Cap Skirring - Cap Skirring Airport
- Dakar - Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Hub
- Ziguinchor - Ziguinchor Airport

Fleet

Senegal Airlines operated the following aircraft until operations terminated in April 2016:^[7]

Sénégal Airlines
Aircraft	In fleet	Passengers
Airbus A320-200	2	164
Bombardier Q400	2	74
Total	4

References

^ ^a ^b "Dakar shuts down Senegal Airlines; new carrier to emerge". ch-aviation. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ Cisse, Malick. "Africa's airline graveyard piles up: Senegal shuts down national carrier amid $110 million debt". Mail & Guardian Africa. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ Mentions Légales Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine." Senegal Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2011. "'GROUPE AIR SENEGAL, Société Anonyme avec conseil d’administration au capital de 16.500.000.000 FCFA, opérant sous la dénomination commerciale « SENEGAL AIRLINES », sise Aéroport Léopold Sédar SENGHOR BP 38265 – DAKAR YOFF (SENEGAL), immatriculée au RCCM de Dakar sous le n° SN DKR 2009 B 11310, NINEA 40694662G3, représentée aux fins des présentes par Edgardo BADIALI, Directeur Général."
^ ^a ^b "Senegal Airlines launch operation on 18JAN11". airlineroute.net.
^ ^a ^b "Senegal Airlines to launch operations tomorrow". Flightglobal.com. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ "Senegal to establish new national airlines-Official". StarAfrica. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ "Sénégal Airlines Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net.