Air Senegal's Interesting New Marseille & Barcelona Triangle Flight - A330 / A340

Air Senegal's Interesting New Marseille & Barcelona Triangle Flight

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:19:07 +0000

While Air Senegal isn't exactly a major airline, they run a fascinating little operation, as far as I'm concerned. The airline operates a fleet of five planes, including an A330-900neo, two A319s, and two ATR72s. The airline has a second A330-900neo on order that should be delivered shortly, and it has been interesting to see…

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Charles — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:04:12 +0000

BCN-DSS is already served by VY seasonally.

Ben Holz — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:11:47 +0000

As others have mentioned, I am also surprised to see the route be operated by their flagship aircraft, especially given that the a319 should be well within range (IB operates a mix of a319s, a320s and a321s to DSS and they have a very dense configuration). Add in the IAD rumors and it makes it seem even more unlikely. @import the vikings Air Senegal isnt going to get any significant connectivity in BCN either... only hosts hubs for LEVEL and Vueling (both partnered with IB who operates on MAD-DSS)

import the vikings — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:21:33 +0000

I won't be surprised if they get traffic rights between BCN and MRS. Ethiopian also has traffic rights between OSL and ARN, after all. :D But this route on a 339? It might be a bit optimistic, even given the population with Senegalese heritage at the Cote d'Azure and around Barcelona. They're not exactly known for their deep pockets, so they won't be commuting weekly. I guess tourists must fill the rest of the seats, and in that case BCN makes sense, as it's a large airport. So then they better start looking for some partner airlines for codeshare for feeders to BCN. In that respect MRS doesn't make sense, as it's more or less a low cost carrier hub. FR won't codeshare with anyone, nor offer connecting flights. NCE would be more logical in a way, but I don't know if their runway and airport can support such large aircraft. So I guess what Sal says... better polish that A319 a bit again. :)

Sal — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:37:16 +0000

No way this route will support a 339. If it sticks around it will be an A319 within six months.

D-dawg — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:55:40 +0000

Interesting that in Sabre, a quick check shows that Dec 9, MRS-DKR has already been cancelled 19DECMRSDKR« 09DEC MON MRS/Z‡1 DKR/-1 X HC 405 J C MRSDSS 755A 205P 330 M 1 XTWF DC /E D Z W A Y B M K H Q T L V R N E X as well as Dec 12 DKR-MRS X HC 405 J C D DSSMRS 1220A 630A 330 M 0 XTWF DC /E Z W A Y B M K H Q T L V R N E X G

Jamie — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:01:01 +0000

#gamechanger

Malc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:19:16 +0000

@Lucky -- Interesting route. In today's newsletter from the Culinary Backstreets food-tour company, they announced a new Marseille tour: https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/marseille/2019/marseille/. It kind of surprises me neither you nor Tiffany have taken a CB tour (they're considered among the best in the world). I've done one and hope to take another soon. I hope you get to try one, one day.

Alex — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:19:00 +0000

@Peer Guess you mean capital not capitol, which is a building that houses a legislature

Giovanni — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:40:37 +0000

According to their website, the upcoming destination is Sao Paulo.