Air Senegal (IATA HC) is a full-service carrier based in Senegal, which is not aligned to a global airline alliance. Across the corridors catalogued here it flies 7 routes from African airports, reaching 6 destinations in 6 countries, with home hubs at Dakar (DSS). Most of these are intra-Africa and Gulf-hub business corridors. Its standard checked-baggage baseline is 23 kg.
At a glance
6 catalogued corridors on this site are flown by Air Senegal (HC), a full-service carrier based in Senegal and outside the global alliances, with a 23 kg checked-baggage baseline.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA code | HC |
| Home country | Senegal |
| Alliance | None |
| Carrier type | full-service |
| Checked-baggage baseline | 23 kg |
| Diaspora / migrant baggage uplift | none published |
| Hajj / Umrah charter service | No |
Take the baseline as a starting point rather than an entitlement: the 23 kg figure is the standard economy checked allowance, and every airline sells fare families below it. Hand-baggage and basic-economy buckets are precisely the ones that surface as the cheapest quote in any fare cache, ours included. What your ticket grants is on the itinerary, and it overrides any table.
Routes Air Senegal flies from Africa — 7 corridors
6 corridors covered on this site are flown by Air Senegal, reaching 5 destinations and totalling about 38 weekly departures, with block times from 2.5 h to 9.5 h. This is the African-outbound catalogue, not the airline’s global network.
| Route | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakar (DSS) → Paris (CDG) | ~14 | ~6.0 | $355 |
| Accra (ACC) → Dakar (DSS) | ~7 | ~2.8 | $1,049 |
| Casablanca (CMN) → Dakar (DSS) | ~7 | ~3.8 | $599 |
| Accra (ACC) → Bamako (BKO) | ~4 | ~2.5 | $899 |
| Dakar (DSS) → New York (JFK) | ~3 | ~9.5 | $756 |
| Dakar (DSS) → Jeddah (JED) | ~3 | ~7.5 | — |
| Dakar (DSS) → Accra (ACC) | — | — | — |
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our Travelpayouts cache has seen on that corridor across all carriers, not a Air Senegal-only price; use it as a floor when comparing.
3 of those corridors are flagged as labour-migration or diaspora routes. That flag is why the baggage column matters more than the seat map on this carrier’s page: on a diaspora corridor the second checked bag, and whether it is bought online or at the counter, routinely costs more than the fare gap between Air Senegal and the next airline on the route.
Passenger compensation rights
Air Senegal touches EU/EEA airports, so a 3 h+ delay or cancellation on a flight departing the EU is claimable under EU261 regardless of your passport — eligibility follows the operating carrier and the departure airport, not nationality.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| EU261 | Any departure from an EU/EEA airport (CDG, FRA, AMS, BRU, LIS, MAD, ATH), any airline. | €250 (≤1,500 km), €400 (1,500–3,500 km) or €600 (>3,500 km) for a 3 h+ arrival delay or a cancellation within the airline’s control, plus meals and a hotel where needed. |
| Saudi GACA | Flights to or from Saudi Arabia (JED, MED, RUH). | Duty of care, rebooking or a full refund, and compensation for cancellations and long delays within the airline’s control under GACA’s passenger-protection rules. |
| US DOT | Flights to or from the United States. | No cash compensation for delays; an automatic refund is due for cancellations and significant schedule changes you decline (US DOT 2024 rule). |
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
When Air Senegal is the right choice
6 catalogued corridors is the practical scope of this decision: Air Senegal is worth choosing where it flies your corridor nonstop, where its 23 kg baseline beats the alternative, and where the schedule fits. Compare the block-time column, not only the price column.
You should choose Air Senegal for its included 23 kg allowance and through-checked bags on connecting itineraries. Compare it against the other carriers on each corridor in the route table above before booking Air Senegal.
The honest counter-case first. A single carrier is rarely the right answer on every corridor, and on a route where Air Senegal connects while a competitor flies nonstop, the competitor usually wins on total elapsed time even at a higher fare. Compare the block-time column, not just the price column, on each corridor page — the difference between a nonstop and a one-stop routing on this site’s long-haul corridors is regularly eight hours or more.
Air Senegal sits outside the global alliances, which has a specific consequence on connections: through-checked baggage and partner re-accommodation depend on bilateral interline agreements rather than an alliance-wide rule unless the two airlines share one, and a self-built connection onto another airline is entirely at your own risk. On a point-to-point nonstop that is irrelevant. On a two-sector itinerary it is the main thing to check with the airline before booking.
FAQ
What is Air Senegal’s checked baggage allowance? Air Senegal’s checked-baggage baseline is 23 kg, normally included in its standard fares.
Is Air Senegal part of an airline alliance? Air Senegal is not part of a global airline alliance.
What kind of airline is Air Senegal? Air Senegal (HC) is a full-service carrier from Senegal.
How many routes does Air Senegal fly from Africa? Air Senegal operates 7 routes from African airports catalogued here — see the list above; each links to a route guide.
Can I claim compensation on a Air Senegal flight? Yes, on flights departing the EU/EEA. A 3 h+ arrival delay or cancellation within Air Senegal’s control pays €250–€600 by distance under EU261, whatever your nationality.
What is the cheapest route Air Senegal flies from Africa? The lowest cached fare on a corridor flown by Air Senegal in our weekly snapshot was about $355 on Dakar–Paris (DSS-CDG) — a dated observation, not a current price; prices move with season, so search live fares before booking.
Sources
4 primary sources cited on this page are regulator and government material, not secondary summaries. Each is listed with what it actually governs, so a claim on this page can be checked against the instrument it comes from. Where a value is missing from our own data we leave the cell blank rather than estimate it.
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EU261 — Regulation 261/2004 — the consolidated text of Regulation 261/2004 itself — the compensation amounts, the distance bands and the extraordinary-circumstances defence.
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Saudi GACA — passenger protection — the Saudi regulator, whose passenger-protection rules govern care, rebooking, refunds and compensation on flights to and from the Kingdom.
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US DOT — air-consumer protections — US DOT’s air-consumer pages — the automatic-refund rule, and the absence of any statutory delay compensation.
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AirHelp — flight-compensation claims — a commercial claims service, cited as the industry explainer alongside the regulator rather than instead of it.
The sourcing rule here is simple: a regulator’s own text for anything with legal effect, and a commercial explainer only as a secondary reading beside it. Amounts stay denominated as the instrument denominates them — euro, pound, Canadian dollar, SDR — even though every fare on this site is quoted in USD, because a converted tariff is a moving number pretending to be a fixed one.
Related
- Dakar airport (DSS) — Blaise Diagne International, Senegal: 4 catalogued departure corridors and 2 arrival corridors.
- Flights to France — country landing page: 7 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
- Flights to Ghana — country landing page: 3 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
Corridor pages carry the per-route detail — carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time, great-circle distance and whatever the fare cache holds. Airport pages carry the full catalogued route list at that field, the based hub carriers and the compensation regime of the country it sits in. Carrier pages carry the baggage baseline, alliance and the network as this catalogue records it.