Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 jet. The new aircraft, registered as 6V-AOA, arrived in Dakar on Thursday evening after completing the delivery flight from Montreal (IATA-Code: YMX) via Paris (LBG). During the Dubai Airshow in 2019, Air Senegal and Airbus announced the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)[Read More…]
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Gambia Seeks To Diversify Tourism Sector After Pandemic Doldrums
On a beach outside a luxury hotel near Banjul, the sun loungers lie empty beneath the palm trees and straw parasols, and the waves roll in undisturbed by bathers. The smallest country in Africa, The Gambia promises sunshine and good times in abundance, but its major clientele — holidaymakers fleeing[Read More…]
Senegal’s Economy To Rebound To 5% Growth In 2021, Says IMF
Senegal’s economy will grow 5% in 2021 thanks in part to solid industrial output, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, revising up a previous forecast of 3.5% growth for this year. The Fund said it had reached a staff-level agreement with the West African nation that could pave the[Read More…]
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