Air Senegal, the national airline from Senegal, has launched a new route between Dakar and Milan. The airline operates three weekly rotations between its base in Dakar-Blaise Diagne and Milan-Malpensa airport. The flights are operated with Airbus A319 aircraft that have a capacity of 120 seats: 12 seats in Business class and 108 seats in Economy.
The flight duration on the direction Dakar-Malpensa is 6 hours and 50 minutes, the flight being operated on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 01:10 local time. The return flight on the direction Malpensa-Dakar is 5 hours and 15 minutes, taking off from Italy at 09:45 local time.
Air Senegal is in direct competition on this route with Neos, which offers flights on Tuesdays and Fridays, and in indirect competition with Blue Panorama flying to Dakar from Bergamo.
The next route that Air Senegal will inaugurate is Lyon-Saint Exupéry, the third French destination after Paris-CDG and Marseille. The route should be inaugurated on March 28, with three flights a week.