A decade after construction began, Senegal opened a new airport on Thursday Dec 07,2017, the centerpiece of an ambitious plan to try to catapult the nation to become a top economic player in West Africa.
President
Macky Sall and other officials gathered at the $575 million airport,
about a 90-minute drive from the center of Dakar, the capital, for an
inaugural flight Thursday morning. Mr. Sall told crowds holding posters
of him that it was now open for business. He boarded a plane that rushed
down the runway as helicopters and military jets buzzed around the
terminal.
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