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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 / 14.67111°N 17.06694°W / 14.67111; -17.06694 (Blaise Diagne International Airport)
Websitedakaraeroport.com
Map
DSS is located in Senegal
DSS
DSS
Location of airport in Senegal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,500 11,483 Asphalt

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 had become 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.

History

Departures Hall

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]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DKR DSS airports. See Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations

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, Banjul, Bamako, Barcelona, Bissau, Cap Skirring, Casablanca, Conakry, Cotonou, Douala,[6] Lyon,[7] Marseille, Milan–Malpensa,[7] New York–JFK (begins 2 September 2021),[8] Nouakchott, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Praia, Baltimore2 (begins 2 September 2021),[8] Ziguinchor
ASKY Airlines Abidjan, Bissau, Lomé, Praia
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Brussels Airlines Banjul, Brussels
Cabo Verde Airlines Sal
CEIBA Intercontinental Cotonou, Malabo
Delta Air Lines New York–JFK
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Bamako
Iberia Madrid
Kenya Airways Abidjan, Bamako, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Mauritania Airlines Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, Freetown, Nouakchott
Neos Milan–Malpensa
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transair Banjul, Bissau, Cap Skirring, Conakry, Freetown, Kolda, Praia, Ziguinchor
Charter: Kédougou, Tambacounda
Transavia Seasonal: Nantes
TUI Airways Seasonal: London Gatwick (begins 7 November 2022)
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tunisair Conakry, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul1
Vueling Barcelona, Tenerife–North
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.
  • ^2 : Air Senegal's flight to Baltimore makes a stop in New York-JFK. However, the airline does not have eighth freedom rights to transport passengers solely from New York to Baltimore.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
DHLCasablanca, Brussels[9]
Emirates SkyCargo Petrolina
Kalitta Air São Paulo–Guarulhos
Lufthansa Cargo São Paulo–Guarulhos, Campinas-Viracopos
Magma Aviation[10] Clermont-Ferrand

Ground transportation

The Train Express Regional is a rail-link between the airport and Dakar, and was opened on 14 January 2019 [https://www.globalairrail.com/news/entry/first-phase-of-dakar-airport-rail-link-opens].[needs update]

References

  1. ^ "L'aéroport Blaise Diagne sera livré en fin 2011 (ministre)" (in French). Seneweb.com. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Air Senegal to launch Dakar-Douala route on March 29, 2021".
  7. ^ a b "Air Senegal announces Lyon – where could be next?". anna.aero. 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Wow: Air Senegal Will Fly to New York & Baltimore". 26 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Flight Information - DHL to/from Casablanca and Brussels". Flightradar24. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. ^ magmaaviation.com - network retrieved 9 November 2020
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