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Dakar Yoff Airport by Mark Hereward
20 April 2007 Customer Rating : 
Transiting in Dakar airport from Cape Verde to New York. Bussed in from
the plane, waited for a while at the space marked "Transit" until
someone arrived (with some prodding). Then he said I shouldn't go
through there (as I had a European passport), I should "faire le tour"
meaning go through immigration. Anyway, he let us in, and then someone
came to the transfer desk, but said "No, we can't do this here, you have
to 'faire le tour'". So (luckily have a UK passport so didn't need visa)
I filled out the entry form, queued up, went through immigration and
past baggage claim, then found a queue to get into the check-in area,
and a monster crowd around the check-in desks. Happily as I was in
business class, and had no bags to check, and was anyway on transfer,
they let me by-pass the queues to check in, and then by-pass most of the
amazing queues for immigration to leave Senegal again. But it still took
an astonishing 90 minutes from getting off the bus to arriving back in
the departure gate, and got to the really comfortable business-class
lounge.
Dakar Yoff Airport by James Faulkner
1 March 2007 Customer Rating : n/a
Flew in from Joburg on a New York bound flight, landed at 2am and was
the only English speaking person in the air port. Despite my surfboard
being lost, and difficulties explaining what a surf board is, arrival
was fairly easy. Airport very shabby and old looking, but this is west
africa. Customs was virtually non existent on arrival but strict on
departing. Beware of the Taxis and the people offering to change money
for you. A taxi to Dakar should cost no more than 8 to 10 cfa, dont be
conned. Look for a cab away from the entrance near the bus stop (across
road on the right side) is your best bet. Don't be harassed and don't
get into a taxi with more than the driver onboard. Keep your wits about
you.
Dakar Yoff Airport by Ingvar Backéus
5 February 2007 Customer Rating : n/a
Fresh breeze with a smell of seaweed that you might experience when you
leave the plane. You will then probably end up in a long, slowly moving
queue for the passport control, still dressed in your much-too-warm
clothes from Europe. Last time we passed there the area beyond the
passport control was crowded and rather chaotic. To pass quietly the
customs control without any checking was therefore not so difficult.
Travellers not used to African conditions will probably also find the
taxi drivers quite difficult to handle; have an appointment with
somebody beforehand if possible. On departure the main difficulty was to
find the right counter; otherwise it went smoothly. Anyway, the
Senegalese seem to be aware that the situation is not the best possible,
for a new airport is said to be underway. We flew Air France. As Delta
Airlines has a code-share on this flight, one would expect check-in
staff to have some knowledge of English, but that was hardly the case.
Should not Delta Airlines demand that their customers can be served in
English?
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