As from 10 oktober a carrier will start flights between Brusssels South (Chareleroi) and Dakar (Senegal) with a Boeing B737. They will make a stop in Barcelona.
[title changed by sn26567 from 'Dakar' to 'Dakar-Charleroi' for clarity]
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Great news! Will it be low cost?
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André
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Great news?Boeing767copilot wrote:the company's name is: Senegal Airways
www.senegalairways.com
tickets from 470 euro
Lets wait and see if they really take-off.
Their website is a mess - nothing but 'error 404 not found' messages -, and it all looks a bit unprofessional.
Lets hope that this doesn’t influence the plans of Air Sénégal International - a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc -, to start-up services to BRU in 2005.
In La Dernière Heure, the news was quite different:
In short: it is not Senegal Airways, but Air Sénégal International, a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc, which would ensure connections to other cities in the region, including in Gambia. The plane is a 757, not a 737. Weekly flights would start in October, if the runway in Charleroi is long enough for a fully loaded 757...Une ligne Charleroi-Dakar (21/08/2004)
L'aéroport carolo négocie avec Air Sénégal International l'ouverture d'une ligne sur le Sénégal
L'aéroport est sur le point de marquer un grand coup, avec l'ouverture prochaine de sa première ligne long-courrier. BSCA est en effet en train de négocier avec Air Sénégal International l'ouverture d'une liaison hebdomadaire entre Charleroi et Dakar, assurée en Boeing 757.
Une aubaine pour le marché touristique quand on connaît le succès remporté par cette destination desservie, à l'heure actuelle, uniquement par SN Brussels Airlines. D'autant que la compagnie choisie, Air Sénégal International, est une compagnie particulièrement sérieuse (elle appartient au groupe Royal Air Maroc) qui assurera en outre des correspondances sur la sous-région, et notamment vers la Gambie.
Les vols devraient débuter en octobre, même si, à l'heure actuelle, il semble prématuré de s'avancer sur la question. En effet plusieurs problèmes subsistent et notamment en terme d'autorisations de vol. En effet, il n'est pas sûr que la piste de l'aéroport de Charleroi soit assez longue pour permettre à l'avion d'Air Sénégal de décoller à pleine charge de Charleroi...
B. Gil. © La Dernière Heure 2004
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André
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Oh yeahsn26567 wrote: The plane is a 737, not a 737.
According to Aero International, AtlasBlue, the charter subsidary of RAM, will start services to Belgium before the end of the year if every thing works fine. The service would be done with a B737-400.
So it's maybe Atlasblue which will do the flights to Charleroi
Greetz
Chris
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Air Sénégal International is indeed interested in the Brussels market, as I already mentioned.sn26567 wrote: In short: it is not Senegal Airways, but Air Sénégal International, a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc, which would ensure connections to other cities in the region, including in Gambia. The plane is a 757, not a 737. Weekly flights would start in October, if the runway in Charleroi is long enough for a fully loaded 757...
BIAC and BSCA are both eager to get the contract.
Having said that, Air Sénégal International has no B757s in their fleet ...
Chris,
This was my source: http://www.aerotransport.org/
But it seems that you are right http://www.airliners.net/open.file/327498/L/
Greetz,
Dave
This was my source: http://www.aerotransport.org/
But it seems that you are right http://www.airliners.net/open.file/327498/L/
Greetz,
Dave
I'm always rightliebensd wrote:But it seems that you are right http://www.airliners.net/open.file/327498/L/
No I'm joking
Thanks for cross checking Dave. Chris
Dakar-Charleroi
Hi
May be there is a confuse
- Air Senegal International (ASI) a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc is the national Compagny of Senegal
Two other compagnies exist (plus a local/domestic one)
- Senegal Air planned to link Dakar vith Paris CDG with a DC10 but never fly
- Senegal Airways a new one
The two last ones are typical "paper compagny" which is commun in africa, the both have a web site that all, but no aircraft
To my knowledge ASI certainlly will wait the 3rd 737-700 due in 2005 to start new lines in Europe as presently with the 2 existing ones they are very short in aircraft disponibility and no flight to BRU or CRL are planned soon.
To come back to DKR to CRL flight may be it's one of Senegal Air or Senegal Airways who will fly chartering an aircraft somewhere!
In Africa since the Air Afrique close a lot of compagnies start operations mainly to Franceusing arcraft cghartered but without succes
wait and see
Michel
May be there is a confuse
- Air Senegal International (ASI) a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc is the national Compagny of Senegal
Two other compagnies exist (plus a local/domestic one)
- Senegal Air planned to link Dakar vith Paris CDG with a DC10 but never fly
- Senegal Airways a new one
The two last ones are typical "paper compagny" which is commun in africa, the both have a web site that all, but no aircraft
To my knowledge ASI certainlly will wait the 3rd 737-700 due in 2005 to start new lines in Europe as presently with the 2 existing ones they are very short in aircraft disponibility and no flight to BRU or CRL are planned soon.
To come back to DKR to CRL flight may be it's one of Senegal Air or Senegal Airways who will fly chartering an aircraft somewhere!
In Africa since the Air Afrique close a lot of compagnies start operations mainly to Franceusing arcraft cghartered but without succes
wait and see
Michel
hi
It's Senegal Airways
Flight will be operated with a A310-300. I am interesed to know which A310 will be used.
Schedule and prices and.... on site recently updated
www.senegalairways.com/
Interesting to know the future of this new airline
Michel
It's Senegal Airways
Flight will be operated with a A310-300. I am interesed to know which A310 will be used.
Schedule and prices and.... on site recently updated
www.senegalairways.com/
Interesting to know the future of this new airline
Michel
It's always good news to see new carriers arriving.
But... indeed rumors abound, and many start ups never actually take to the skies...
For who's already flown to CRL from non-Schengen destinations, you might have noticed that the immigration hall is already too small for the passengers of one 737 (even with a vast majority of European passengers who just need to "flash" their ID card to the 2 agents) and the "S"-shaped line seems quite long. So can they really handle the load of a widebody where most passengers would require their visa and passport checked?
I also wonder why BSCA would be so discreet about it so far. They made so much publicity around the arrival of WizzAir or Air Polonia, you'd think they would greet their first intercontinental service better!
VFlies
But... indeed rumors abound, and many start ups never actually take to the skies...
For who's already flown to CRL from non-Schengen destinations, you might have noticed that the immigration hall is already too small for the passengers of one 737 (even with a vast majority of European passengers who just need to "flash" their ID card to the 2 agents) and the "S"-shaped line seems quite long. So can they really handle the load of a widebody where most passengers would require their visa and passport checked?
I also wonder why BSCA would be so discreet about it so far. They made so much publicity around the arrival of WizzAir or Air Polonia, you'd think they would greet their first intercontinental service better!
VFlies