Since the post-COVID recovery, we have witnessed a sharp increase in the price of air tickets between Europe and Senegal. A situation that worries passengers who commute on this network. They deplore the exorbitant costs of plane tickets that have become too expensive. According to Alice Padonou, a tourist living near the Luxembourg border there are many people who want to come to Dakar via the company “Luxair”, but the prices remain very high. It is absolutely necessary to do something and rather quickly in this area at the risk of seeing a decrease in the volume of trips to Senegal.
Pierre Tallaw Diop, a tourist who regularly comes to Senegal in high season cannot help but compare it to other destinations. He points out that the prices of plane tickets are very high if we compare the k/price ratio with other destinations such as Cape Verde. The customer can easily see the difference in ticket prices
Pauline Sarr, an expatriate who took the Bordeaux-Dakar flight very recently, claims to have spent nearly 750 euros or 500,000 F on a plane ticket.
All these travelers who shuttle between these two regions want there to be at least measures to reduce the plane tickets of foreign companies serving Senegal from France.
The reasons for the increase
Many professionals in the air sector speak of “a generalized phenomenon” adding that the rise in the cost of air tickets is mainly linked to taxes, fees and charges imposed by States that passengers pay through the cost of tickets. aircraft collected by airlines.
According to the chairman of the aero-political committee AFRAA (African Airlines Association), the West African region comes first with the highest number of taxes and fees followed by the Central African region. With such high fares, some will no longer be able to afford to board a plane. This increase only discourages tourist traffic and inhibits the tourism sector’s ability to recover from the devastating impact of COVID.
