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African airlines apply different standards of maintenance (read much lower), that’s why most African airlines aren’t allowed to fly outside of Africa: they aren
by ornornor 2y ago
African airlines apply different standards of maintenance (read much lower), that’s why most African airlines aren’t allowed to fly outside of Africa: they aren’t up to the maintenance and safety standards the rest of the world requires. Ditto some parts of Asia iirc, some airlines operating there aren’t allowed in EU/North American airspace because they aren’t meeting international standards of safety and maintenance.
Africa’s air safety record is abysmal.
- ceejayoz 2y agoTo be clear, though, Air Senegal specifically currently flies to the US and EU.
- ornornor 2y agoIn my experience they typically codeshare these flights and use the other airlines planes because theirs… can’t fly out of Africa.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThat doesn't appear to be the case here; they have a pair of Airbus A330-900Neos for this purpose. https://flyairsenegal.com/en/air-senegal-usa-operations-update/ https://flyairsenegal.com/en/air-senegal-usa-operations-upda... https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/09/06/air-senegal-flies-to-baltimore-thurgood-airport-for-the-first-time/ https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/09/06/air-senegal-flies-to-bal... has a photo of it on the ground at Toulouse, France. (It is apparently a wet lease, though.)
- ornornor 2y agoNice!
- resolutebat 2y agoCorrect: Air Senegal's flights to the US use wet leased planes from Hi-Fly, a Portuguese charter airline that specializes in this kind of thing.