Summary Air Senegal has served New York JFK since 2021. It will cease flying to the airport and the US in mid-September. After that, Lufthansa will be the sole Airbus A340 operator at the airport.
Despite being the US’s leading international gateway, New York JFK is not the country’s number one airport for Airbus A340 flights – Chicago O’Hare is. But the gap between O’Hare and second-placed JFK has widened following Air Senegal pulling out in September. Only Lufthansa will continue using the aging but characterful quadjet to the Queens-located airport.
Air Senegal to end US flights You may already know that Air Senegal will cease flying to JFK. It was revealed last week when I was away. Its last flight from the US will be on September 16 , ending a three-year flirtation with the country.
Its service was more about prestige, political requirements, and visibility than commercial considerations. The Senegal flag carrier first flew to the US in the pandemic-impacted 2021 when it operated Dakar-JFK-Baltimore. It had intended to serve Washington Dulles instead of Baltimore but, oddly, switched to the Maryland airport shortly before the route commenced.
Poor loads meant Air Senegal pulled out of Baltimore in January 2023, leaving Dakar-JFK on a terminator basis. Air Senegal's twice-weekly JFK flights are scheduled as follows, with all times local. The unusual schedule, with over half a day in the Big Apple, is entirely based on connecting traffic in Dakar.
Dakar-JFK : HC4.