Flights Dakar -> Paris (DSS-CDG) — USD Fares, Airlines, Frequency
14 scheduled departures a week link Dakar (DSS) in Senegal with Paris (CDG) — about 2 a day — flown by 2 catalogued carriers at a scheduled block time near 6.0 hours.
Dakar to Paris is the main long-haul corridor between Senegal and Europe, with around 14 flights a week, two a day. The route carries the large Senegalese community in France visiting family, business travellers, students and tourists. Block time is about six hours.
Great-circle distance Dakar–Paris is about 4,226 km, computed from the stored coordinates for Dakar (14.74, -17.49, which mark the city rather than Blaise Diagne airport itself) and CDG (49.01, 2.55). That number sets the EU261 band and nothing else: at 4,226 km the pairing sits in the more than 3,500 km band, worth €600. The band is measured to the final ticketed destination, so a routing through a hub does not change it. What it is worth depends on direction — every departure from Paris (CDG) is covered whoever operates it, while the leg arriving from Dakar is covered only when the operating carrier is EU/EEA-licensed. On this corridor Air France is EU/EEA-licensed.
Airlines on this route
2 carriers operate DSS–CDG: Air France (AF) and Air Senegal (HC). Our carrier table records checked-baggage baselines of 23 kg; Air France sits in SkyTeam while our table puts Air Senegal outside a global alliance. That mix decides three things — the fare floor, whether your bag is through-checked on a connection, and which delay regulation covers you.
Two carriers fly DSS-CDG: Air France and Air Senegal, both full-service with a checked baggage allowance and meals included. The combination of two carriers gives the route a wide spread of departure times and competitive pricing.
| Carrier | Baggage baseline | Alliance |
|---|---|---|
| Air France (AF) | 23 kg | SkyTeam |
| Air Senegal (HC) | 23 kg | none |
USD fares — DSS-CDG
$355 was the lowest one-way economy price the Travelpayouts feed returned in our weekly snapshot for DSS–CDG, for a 2026-08-06 departure, recorded 2026-07-18. That is a single cached observation on this one corridor — not a low across the site’s fare cache, and not a live price — so read it as an observed floor for DSS–CDG on that date.
DSS-CDG fares climb around the European summer — when the Senegalese community travels home in large numbers — and the December holidays. With two carriers competing, the route is well supplied — for the peaks, booking two to three months ahead is sensible; outside them, four to seven weeks usually secures a workable economy fare in USD.
Across the 4 departure months our cache holds a one-way low for, the cheapest reading on DSS–CDG was $236 for a Sep 2026 departure and the dearest was $346 for Aug 2026 — a spread of $110 between the best and worst month in the same cache. Month-to-month movement of that size is normal on this corridor and is usually worth more than any single booking trick.
If your DSS–CDG flight is cancelled: which rules apply
€600 is the EU261 band for DSS–CDG, because the corridor measures 4,226 km (more than 3,500 km). It is payable on every departure from Paris (CDG) whoever operates the flight, and on the leg arriving from Dakar only when the operating carrier is EU/EEA-licensed.
| 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. |
| 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. |
What does not apply matters as much as what does, because claim-management services will happily open a file either way. On DSS–CDG: US DOT rules are irrelevant here, and would only ever cover refunds rather than compensation even if they applied and UK261 does not apply, since no leg touches a UK airport. Filing under a scheme that does not cover your itinerary costs weeks and gets a rejection, so match the regulation to the departure airport and the operating carrier before you start.
Has the DSS–CDG fare moved? 3 weekly readings
3 weekly readings between 2026-W20 and 2026-W29 put the cached DSS–CDG low between $280 and $349 — a $69 spread, 25% of the cheapest reading. The low landed in 2026-W20; the last reading in this table, 2026-W29, was $328. Each row is one weekly snapshot of the cheapest published quote, not an average of everything sold that week.
| ISO week | Cached low (USD) | Carrier on the quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-W20 | $280 | — |
| 2026-W27 | $349 | — |
| 2026-W29 | $328 | — |
The cached low rose 17% between the first and last reading, from $280 to $328. Read it with the sample size in front of you: 3 observations over a ten-week window is a signal about this corridor’s volatility, not a forecast. What it does establish is a defensible floor — you now know $280 was achievable on DSS–CDG inside the window, so a quote well above $349 is worth a second search.
Each row is a single weekly snapshot of the cheapest published quote, taken on one day, not an average of everything sold that week. Two consequences follow. A one-week dip can be a single small fare bucket rather than a trend, and a gap between weeks means we did not sample, not that fares vanished.
Search live fares
14 weekly departures across 2 carriers mean a live DSS–CDG search returns several price points for the same day; our cached floor for the corridor is $355. Scheduled nonstop block time is 6.0 hours, so any result far above that is connecting whatever the screen says.
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A live DSS–CDG search is only comparable once three things are pinned: the cabin and passenger count, so totals are like for like; the elapsed time, which separates a genuine nonstop from a routing that merely costs the same; and the baggage the fare includes. Skip any of the three and you are comparing two different products.
If anything about your DSS–CDG trip can move, make it the dates. The gap between the cheapest and dearest departure month in our own fare log is routinely larger than any difference between one booking site and another. Fixed dates put you in competition with everyone else holding the same date, and the answer there is to book early rather than to keep looking.
About Paris
7 catalogued corridors in this site’s data reach Paris (CDG), Charles de Gaulle, ICAO LFPG, from 7 catalogued origins and 5 carriers in total. That count is this site’s coverage of Paris, not the airport’s published schedule. Each of those corridors has its own guide with carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time and whatever the fare cache holds.
Paris is the capital of France and one of the world’s great cultural centres, home to one of the largest Senegalese communities outside Senegal. For travellers from Dakar it is at once a family-visit, business and study destination, and a wide gateway to the rest of Europe.
Beyond DSS, our catalogue reaches Paris from 6 other origins: Addis Ababa (ADD), Cairo (CAI), Casablanca (CMN), Johannesburg (JNB), Luanda (LAD) and Lagos (LOS). That matters when the DSS–CDG fare is unattractive: on a continent where positioning flights are cheap, flying out of a different gateway is a real option, and each of those corridors has its own guide, carriers and cached fare floor on this site.
FAQ
Which airlines fly Dakar to Paris? Direct DSS-CDG flights are operated by Air France, Air Senegal. Compare baggage baseline and alliance in the carrier table above.
How long is the DSS-CDG flight and how often does it run? Block time is about 6.0 hours. The DSS-CDG route runs roughly 14 flights per week across all carriers.
How much does a DSS-CDG flight cost and when is it cheapest? Our rough planning range is $800-2,200 USD (an editorial estimate, not an observed fare); the fare observation on this page shows what our weekly snapshot recorded and when. Book 8-14 weeks ahead for UK/US diaspora corridors; school-holiday and December peaks add 30-60%.
What is the checked baggage allowance on DSS-CDG? It varies by carrier and fare class — see the baggage-baseline column in the carrier table above. Full-service carriers usually include 23-30 kg, while low-cost carriers sell it as an add-on. Confirm on the airline’s site before booking. Diaspora travellers should check each carrier’s extra-baggage uplift.
What currency is used in Paris? Paris uses USD. Fares in this guide are quoted in USD; budget on-the-ground spending in USD.
Related routes and reading
- Dakar airport (DSS) — Blaise Diagne International, Senegal: 4 catalogued departure corridors and 2 arrival corridors.
- Paris airport (CDG) — Charles de Gaulle, France: 0 catalogued departure corridors and 7 arrival corridors.
The corridor links are there to be used as alternatives, not as further reading. If the DSS–CDG fare or schedule does not work, a different African gateway to Paris is often the better fix — positioning within the continent is cheap relative to the long-haul sector, and the fare gap between two origins to the same destination is regularly wider than the positioning ticket. The catch is that separately issued sectors carry no protection if the first one runs late.