How to get in Senegal
This new national airline, air Senegal, is at the heart of Senegal emerge with the ambition to build a hub for regional air around the Blaise Diagne international airport.
Air Transport
An international airport : aéroport international Blaise Diagne (AIBD-DSS). Four secondary airports : Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring and Tambacounda. Airlines offer of services a regular from Dakar to the south and the north of the country and to african destinations.
The biggest airlines flying to Dakar
- Air Senegal
- Air Algerie
- Air burkina
- Air Côte-d'ivoire
- Air France
- Asky airlines
- Binter Canarias
- Brussels Airlines
- Delta
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Heliconia
- Iberia
- Kenya airways
- Mauritania airlines
- Neos
- Nigeria
- Royal Air Maroc
- Rwandair
- South African airways
- Tap Air Portugal
- Transair
- Transavia
- TUI Airways
- TUI Fly Netherlands
- Tunisair
- Turkish Airlines
- Vueling
With the Blaise Diagne international airport (AIBD-DIASS) several major airlines fly daily to Dakar. Secondary airports are serviced regularly from Dakar and the sub-region.
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Useful information
The currency of Senegal is CFA franc which has a fixed parity with the euro : 1 euro = 655.957 CFA francs. The monetary system is stable, and the currency is guaranteed by the French treasury , but it is not convertible outside the territory of the african countries that are members of the franc zone.
You need to change your euros on the spot. It is possible to withdraw the money in the banks and in the distributors with a checkbook or credit card. The exchange commissions are between 3 and 5 % depending on the establishment. More and more merchants and shops accept payments by debit cards and cheques.
Tickets are
10 000,
5 000,
2 000,
1 000 and 500 francs CFA.
Parts 500, 250 ,200, 100, 50 ,10 and 5 francs CFA.
