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DAKAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (French: Aéroport International Léopold Sédar Senghor) (IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near the town of Yoff, north of Dakar. It was known as Dakar Yoff International Airport (French: Aéroport International de Dakar Yoff) until 9 October 1996,when it was renamed in honor of Leopold Sedar Senghor, the first president of Senegal. During World War II, Dakar Airport was a key link in the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command Natal-Dakar air route, which provided a transoceanic link between Brazil and French West Africa after 1942. Massive amounts of cargo were stored at Dakar, which were then transported along the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. From Dakar, flights were made to Dakhla Airport, near Villa Cisneros in French North Africa or to Atar Airport, depending on the load on the air route. In addition to being the western terminus of the North African route, Dakar was the northern terminus for the South African route, which transported personnel to Pretoria, South Africa, with numerous stopovers at Robertsfield (now Roberts International Airport), Liberia, the Belgian Congo and Northern Rhodesia. The airport was a Space Shuttle landing site until it was determined that a dip in the runway could damage the shuttle upon landing. It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique. Delta Air Lines started service on December 4, 2006 between Atlanta USA and Johannesburg, South Africa. with an intermediate stop in Dakar (Atlanta-Johannesburg route now served nonstop). It currently serves Dakar nonstop to New York-JFK USA. Delta will begin service between Atlanta and Luanda, Angola on January 20, 2011 with an intermediate stop in Dakar; the airline will once again regain the nonstop from Dakar to Atlanta since Delta ended the route in 2009.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afriqiyah Airways | Bamako, Tripoli |
| Air Algérie | Algiers |
| Air Burkina | Bamako, Ouagadougou |
| Air Europa | Madrid |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Ivoire | Abidjan, Cotonou |
| Air Mali | Bamako |
| Air Nigeria | Abidjan, Accra, Banjul, Cotonou, Lagos |
| Arik Air | Banjul, Freetown, Lagos |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Camairco | Douala |
| Corsairfly | Paris-Orly |
| Delta Air Lines | New York-JFK |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Bamako |
| Ethiopian operated by ASKY Airlines | Abidjan, Bamako, Banjul, Lomé, Ouagadougou |
| Iberia Airlines | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid |
| Kenya Airways | Abidjan, Bamako, Nairobi |
| Mauritania Airlines International | Nouakchott |
| Meridiana | Milan-Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Sénégal Airlines | Abidjan, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau, Conakry, Niamey, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg, Washington-Dulles |
| TACV | Banjul, Bissau, Freetown, Praia |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| XL Airways France | Paris-Orly |
Cargo Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France Cargo | |
| Emirates SkyCargo | Campinas, Dubai, Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Frankfurt, Guadalajara |
| ULS Airlines Cargo | |
| World Airways |
Charter Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Méditerranée | Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse |
| Luxair | Luxembourg |
Hospitality is given such importance in Senegalese culture that it is widely considered to be part of the national identity. The Wolof word for hospitality is “teranga”, and it is so identified with the pride of Senegal that the national football team is known as the Lions of Teranga.
This is Dakar Airport Unofficial Website
Dakar Interational Airport Official Site (French)