Emirates announces Bamako, Mali

Emirates has officially announced a new long haul route to Africa as part of its route network effective 25OCT15. 

EK will be launching services to BKO-Bamako, Mali in North Africa using an A340-300 operated 4 times per week with the flight extending onwards to DKR-Dakar, Senegal. The flight will depart DXB at 0720 and land back at 0730 the following date. The routing is triangular i.e. DXB-BKO-DKR-DXB !