Air Senegal increases its flights to the US for the winter season
On 2 September, Air Senegal inaugurated the route to the United States (Dakar-New York-Baltimore Washington), its eighth international route opened in 2021. In fact, the Senegalese flag has come to fill a void left by South African Airways and put an end to the monopoly of the American carrier Delta Air Lines.
Air Senegal will offer up to six additional services on the Dakar-New York-Baltimore route to better support travel needs for the winter, Christmas and New Year holidays.
The increase in operations on its newest route comes in response to strong demand across West Africa, the airline said in a statement. According to the schedule, the additional flights will operate on 07, 14 and 21 December 2021 and 04, 11 and 18 January 2022. All of the airline's currently scheduled and additional flights will be operated on the Dakar - New York - Baltimore Washington - New York - Dakar route offering convenient connections via Dakar in both directions to Abidjan, Banjul, Freetown, Conakry, Praia, Bamako and Nouakchott.
At the same time, the airline also informed its passengers that the US government has issued a new set of rules to be strictly followed by all travellers and airlines as of Monday 8 November 2021 regarding entry into the US. Thus, "all foreign nationals travelling to the United States (non-US citizens) must be fully vaccinated before checking in for a flight," the company reminds. "Foreign nationals who are authorised to travel to the United States, will be able to do so from two weeks after the administration of the second dose of vaccine".
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