Dakar's Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) opened in 2017 about 45 km east of the city, replacing the old Léopold Sédar Senghor airport which sat right next to downtown. Air France, TAP, Brussels Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Iberia, RAM, Qatar and Ethiopian all serve it from Europe, North Africa and the Gulf; Delta runs a long-haul direct from New York. Many West African airlines connect through Dakar as a regional hub.
From the airport, the official airport taxi to the city costs a fixed price (around CFA 15,000–25,000 depending on destination, more after midnight); journey time is 60–90 minutes depending on traffic. A new highway and a TER express train link the airport with the city; the train runs to the Diamniadio interchange and on to Dakar's main station, with a transfer at Diamniadio.
Overland, Dakar is the western end of the trans-Saharan route, with bush taxi and bus services to Bamako (Mali), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Banjul (Gambia) and Conakry (Guinea). The international ferry to Ziguinchor in Casamance leaves several times a week from the port and is more comfortable than the long bus ride.