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Air Sénégal International was an airline with its head office in Dakar, Senegal.〔"(Contacts )." Air Sénégal International. 5 January 2007. Retrieved on 15 May 2010.〕 It was a regional carrier operating a scheduled domestic network and regional flights to neighbouring countries. It also operated charter and air taxi flights. Its main base was Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.〔 On April 24, 2009, the airline suspended all of its operations.〔(Air Sénégal International suspends operations )〕 == History == The airline was established on 1 February 1971 as Air Sénégal and started operations on 23 February 2001. It was restructured as an international carrier following the acquisition of a majority stake by Royal Air Maroc in 2001. It was part of Groupe Royal Air Maroc, who owned 51% of the company's shares, with 49% being held by the Senegalese government. At one time the airline had its head office on the grounds of Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Yoff, Senegal.〔"Directory: World Airlines." ''Flight International''. 12–18 March 2002. (63 ).〕 In 2006 the airline disclosed losses of $16 million. In 2007, the Senegalese government stated that effective 5 November 2006, it would purchase a further 26% of the airline, raising its stake to 75%. The Senegalese government stated that support from Royal Air Maroc had "shown its limitations", and that the airline needed to be recapitalised.〔 In late 2009, a new airline was announced to replace Air Sénégal International. The new airline is called Senegal Airlines with a fleet of 4 Airbus A320 aircraft and 2 Airbus A330 aircraft.〔(Senegal Airlines to use 6 Airbus aircraft )〕 Operations commenced in early 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air Sénégal International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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