Air Senegal’s first Airbus A330-900 has emerged from painting, ahead of delivery to the airline in the next few weeks.
The aircraft is one of a pair ordered by the African carrier in mid-December 2017.
It carries the title ‘Casamance’ on its forward fuselage, after the region of southern Senegal and the river of the same name.
Air Senegal is intending to use the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000-powered type on a new service connecting Dakar to Paris in February.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
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