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Operating licence withdrawn from loss-making Senegal Airlines

Senegal Airlines' operating certificate expired on 2 April and was not renewed, the national tourism ministry has disclosed.

It adds that during four years of operations, the carrier accumulated losses of CFA65 billion ($111 million).

As a result, the state has terminated a concession agreement that granted the airline exclusive traffic rights.

The government now wants to allow other companies to "temporarily" operate Senegal Airlines' routes.

Senegal Airlines did not confirm its grounding when contacted by Flightglobal. Its website, however, does not currently allow bookings to be made.

According to the website, the airline began operations in 2011 with two Airbus A320s but "today" uses a single Embraer ERJ-145 on domestic routes from national capital Dakar.