topWest Africa
How to get there and how to get around:
| by air from Europe | by sea | by land |
| From | Carrier | Destination |
| Amsterdam | KLM | Lagos-Accra |
| Brussels | SABENA | Dakar-Banjul, Bamako, Ouaga |
| Düsseldorf | Ghana Airways | |
| Frankfurt | Lufthansa | Accra, Lagos |
| South African | Abdijan | |
| Air Maroc | Casablanca and Bamako | |
| London | BA, GhA | Accra-Lagos |
| Paris | AF, Air Afrique | Dakar, Abidjan, Douala, Bamako-Conakry, Ndjamena, Ouagadougou, Lomé, Cotonou |
| Rome | ALITALIA | Accra and Dakar |
| Zurich | SWISSAIR | Accra, Kano-Lagos |
| Then there are Air Algérie via Alger and Ethiopian Airlines via Addis (you may take EA from Dakar to Bamako and Ndjamena). | ||
You may know that a price difference exists between the francophone (Air Afrique) zone and the anglophone zone; thus it is cheaper to fly to Accra or Lagos (excursion PEX fares from 500 Î ) upwards than to Ouagadougou which is 1000 km nearer (from 800Î upward - economy fare around 1650 Î , business 2000 Î upward). Fare differences of 30% exist between high season - June to August, Dec.1-Jan 6) and low season.
special cases: Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde Islands via TAP
Once in West Africa, now there are fewer international connections, due to the reduced flight schedules of Air Afrique. However, the national carriers recently compensate for some of this with expanded route networks :
| Air Afrique | connects Dakar with
Abidjan and Douala, and from there with all the other African capitals (Conakry, Bamako,
Ouagadougou, Lome, Cotonou, Niamey, Ndjamena, and Nouakchott) RK 303 18.30 off Dakar, 20 h on Bamako, RK 826 13.00 off Dakar, 17 h on Abidjan |
| Ghana Airways | connects Dakar with
Accra; and Bamako-Ouagadougou with Accra; and Accra with Lagos and Harare Dakar - Accra GH 531 Th 13:30 - 18:50, GH 561 Sun 9:00 - 15:30 Accra - Dakar GH 530 Wed 6:00 - 11:00, GH 560 Sat 12:30 - 18:30 Bamako - Accra GH 331 Mon 12:40 via Ouagadougou, GH 341 Thu 19:30, GH 351 Fri 19:30, GH 371 Sun 20:00 |
| Camair | since March 2001 connects Dakar with Bamako (replacing Air Mali), Abidjan and Douala |
| Air Burkina | connects Ouagadougou with Bamako (2 x p. week), Accra (2 x p.week) and Lomé (1 a week) |
| Air Togo | connects with Ouaga, Accra and Niamey |
| Air Ivoire | connects Abidjan with Bamako, Burkina, Niamey and Liberia |
.Some Airlines do not list their African Offices - like Sabena, Lufthansa -on their web sites
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from Rotterdam, Hamburg, Liverpool and Le Havre
1. the Morocco-Mauritania-Senegal route,
2. the Tunis-Algeria-Niger route,
3. the Libya-Tchad-Nigeria (or Cameroon) route.
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AfricInfo | CREAMS | e-a-2001 | FRONT |
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