Flights Dakar -> Jeddah (DSS-JED) — USD Fares, Airlines, Frequency
3 scheduled departures a week link Dakar (DSS) in Senegal with Jeddah (JED) — one every 2.3 days on average — flown by 2 catalogued carriers at a scheduled block time near 7.5 hours.
Dakar to Jeddah connects Senegal with Saudi Arabia, with around 3 flights a week. The route carries members of the Senegalese Muslim community heading for Umrah and Hajj — Jeddah being the usual point of arrival for the holy cities — alongside business travellers. Block time is around seven and a half hours.
Great-circle distance Dakar–Jeddah is about 6,002 km, computed from the stored coordinates for Dakar (14.74, -17.49, which mark the city rather than Blaise Diagne airport itself) and JED (21.68, 39.16). What the figure fixes is the sector profile — 6,002 km against a scheduled 7.5-hour block time — and the fuel-and-crew economics behind the fare floor. It does not fix a compensation amount. Saudi GACA reaches any flight to or from Saudi Arabia and obliges care, rebooking or a full refund and compensation where the cause sits inside the airline’s control — but it sets no distance tariff, so the kilometre figure buys you nothing on a claim here.
Airlines on this route
2 carriers operate DSS–JED: Saudia (SV) and Air Senegal (HC). Our carrier table records checked-baggage baselines from 23 kg to 46 kg; Saudia 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 serve DSS-JED: Saudia and Air Senegal, both full-service with a generous checked baggage allowance and meals included — practical for pilgrims who often travel with substantial luggage.
| Carrier | Baggage baseline | Alliance |
|---|---|---|
| Saudia (SV) | 46 kg | SkyTeam |
| Air Senegal (HC) | 23 kg | none |
USD fares — DSS-JED
$550-1,200 USD is the economy planning band this catalogue applies to DSS–JED; neither our fare cache nor the weekly log holds a quote for the corridor, so there is no observed floor to publish. An absent entry means unqueried, not unflown.
DSS-JED fares move with the pilgrimage calendar more than anything else. The weeks around Hajj and the popular Umrah periods are the most expensive and sell out early — booking three to five months ahead is sensible for those dates, and many pilgrims travel as part of an organised package. Outside the peaks, six to nine weeks usually secures a workable economy fare in USD.
Book 3-5 months ahead. Fares move with the pilgrimage calendar and sell out far in advance around Hajj and the popular Umrah periods. That window is general guidance rather than a rule for this single pairing; on a corridor with 3 weekly departures, the practical constraint is often seat availability on the days you can actually travel, not the headline fare.
If your DSS–JED flight is cancelled: which rules apply
1 regulator governs DSS–JED: Saudi GACA, which applies to any flight to or from Saudi Arabia. It obliges care, rebooking or a full refund and compensation for cancellations and long delays inside the airline’s control. There is no EU-style fixed distance tariff, so the corridor’s kilometre figure decides nothing about the amount you can claim.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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–JED: EU261 does not reach this corridor at all — neither endpoint is an EU/EEA airport, and carrier nationality alone never triggers it, 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.
Entry rules at Jeddah (JED)
Entry rule for Saudi Arabia (Umrah), by passport: Umrah visa — apply through the official Nusuk platform or a licensed Umrah agent. Fee Set by the Saudi authorities — confirm on Nusuk before paying; maximum stay Shown on the issued visa — confirm on Nusuk.
| Entry type | Fee | Maximum stay | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umrah visa — apply through the official Nusuk platform or a licensed Umrah agent | Set by the Saudi authorities — confirm on Nusuk before paying | Shown on the issued visa — confirm on Nusuk | Saudi Arabia (Umrah) official source |
Worth knowing before you book: Hajj is a separate process run through your country’s national Hajj board (NAHCON, SAHUC, KAHCON, GHC) — not a tourist e-visa.
The trap on DSS–JED is not usually the destination visa — it is the transit. A connection can put you airside in a third country that requires a transit visa for your nationality even though you never leave the terminal, and airlines deny boarding at origin when documentation for the whole itinerary is not in order. Check every country your ticket touches, not just Saudi Arabia, and check it against your own passport rather than a fellow traveller’s.
Search live fares
3 weekly departures across 2 carriers mean a live DSS–JED search returns several price points for the same day; we hold no observed floor for this corridor, so the live result is the only number. Scheduled nonstop block time is 7.5 hours, so any result far above that is connecting whatever the screen says.
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Three checks make a live DSS–JED result comparable. Fix the passenger count and cabin first, because a per-passenger fare and a party total look identical on a results page. Then read the elapsed time next to the price — a one-stop itinerary and the 7.5-hour nonstop are different products at the same number. Then check whether the fare carries the bag you are actually taking.
Date flexibility beats every other lever on DSS–JED. Month-scanning surfaces the seasonal shape our fare log records; repeated searching on one fixed date mostly surfaces the same fare bucket. When the calendar is not negotiable — pilgrimage, school holidays, a job start — the useful move is to buy sooner, because scarcity, not timing, is what sets the price then.
About Jeddah
12 catalogued corridors in this site’s data reach Jeddah (JED), King Abdulaziz International, ICAO OEJN, from 12 catalogued origins and 8 carriers in total. That count is this site’s coverage of Jeddah, 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.
Jeddah sits on the Red Sea coast and is the main gateway to Mecca and Medina, which shapes much of the traffic through its airport. Beyond that role it is a large commercial city with a long trading history. For travellers from Senegal it is most often a point of arrival for onward pilgrimage.
Beyond DSS, our catalogue reaches Jeddah from 11 other origins: Abuja (ABV), Accra (ACC), Addis Ababa (ADD), Cairo (CAI), Dar es Salaam (DAR), Durban (DUR), Entebbe (EBB), Johannesburg (JNB), Kigali (KGL), Lagos (LOS) and Nairobi (NBO). That matters when the DSS–JED 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 Jeddah? Direct DSS-JED flights are operated by Saudia, Air Senegal. Compare baggage baseline and alliance in the carrier table above.
How long is the DSS-JED flight and how often does it run? Block time is about 7.5 hours. The DSS-JED route runs roughly 3 flights per week across all carriers.
How much does a DSS-JED flight cost and when is it cheapest? Our rough planning range is $550-1,200 USD (an editorial estimate, not an observed fare); the fare observation on this page shows what our weekly snapshot recorded and when. Book 12-20 weeks ahead for Hajj season (Dhul-Hijjah); Umrah off-peak (Muharram, Safar) is 25-40% cheaper.
What is the checked baggage allowance on DSS-JED? 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.
Do I need a visa for Saudi Arabia? Hajj/Umrah visa via accredited agent. Visa rules differ by passport — check the destination’s embassy or official immigration portal before booking.
Related routes and reading
- Dakar airport (DSS) — Blaise Diagne International, Senegal: 4 catalogued departure corridors and 2 arrival corridors.
- Jeddah airport (JED) — King Abdulaziz International, Saudi Arabia: 0 catalogued departure corridors and 12 arrival corridors.
Where this page covers one corridor, the linked airport guides cover the field: the full catalogued route list, based hub carriers, alliance mix and the compensation regime that applies there. Both DSS and JED are linked deliberately, because departure airport and operating carrier — not destination — decide which rules cover a delay.