Airport in Dakar is modern airport with state of the art facilities and links to very important cities and towns of the world. The Leopold Seder Senghor International Airport is the chief airport in Dakar, which runs important flights services to all parts of the world.
Dakar is a beautiful city and an important tourist destination in Senegal. The city, with lined boulevards and European style architecture attracts tourists from all parts of the world. Many business guests also visit the place, as it is an important center of trade and commerce in the country. The Dakar city lies on the westernmost point in the African continent. The city offers modern modes of transport. Air transport is very important and the Airport in Dakar is always packed with passengers.
The airlines reach to all the main countries in the African Continent. There are direct flights to major airports in the world from the Leopold Sedar Senghor International airport. The Dakar airport's lengthy name is after the past Senegal President, Leopold Sedar Senghor. He was a well-known poet of the country who held the post of Presidentship from 1960 to 1980.
Air Senegal International is the regional airlines, which operates from the Dakar airport. Tourists can avail cheap as well as executive flights from the Dakar airport. All the major cities in the world are connected by the flights from Dakar Airport. Chief destinations of the world are Banjul, Freetown, Tripoli, Algiers, Madrid, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Bamako, Nouakchott, Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Bissau, Cap Skirring, Casablanca, Conakry, Cotonou, Gran Canaria, Lome, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Niamey, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Paris-Orly, Praia, St. Louis, Tambacounda, Ziguinchor, Milan-Malpensa, Lagos, London-Heathrow, Brussels, Atlanta, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Ndjamena, Las Palmas, Madrid, Washington-Dulles, Praia, Lisbon and Tunis.
Major airlines operating from the Dakar Airport are as follows:
- Air Algerie
- Afriqiyah Airways
- Afrinat International Airlines
- Air Mali International
- Air France
- Air Mauritanie
- Air Europa
- Alitalia
- Air Senegal International
- Bmi
- Brussels Airlines
- Bellview Airlines
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Iberia Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Kenya Airways
- TACV Cabo Verde
- Royal Air Maroc
- South African Airways
- TAP Portugal
- Virgin Nigeria
- Tunis air
Cargo airlines also operate from this airport. The 2 major airlines namely the Lufthansa Cargo AG and the Swiss International Air Lines have cargo moving services.
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