Airlines and routes from Bamako-Sénou (BKO)

The route network before the 2026 attacks

Belgium's Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRA) said in a report updated 10 December 2025 that Bamako-Sénou had direct links with 10 other countries and 13 international and domestic destinations, citing Flightradar24 data consulted on 17 November 2025 ¹. Its earlier report of 18 December 2024 gave 13 countries and 17 destinations, from data consulted on 25 November 2024 ². The counts come from flight tracking data on those dates.

The December 2025 report said one direct flight linked France and Mali, run by Corsair from Paris-Orly with about six weekly rotations, four of them nonstop, in about six hours ¹. From Brussels the shortest trip took about 8 hours 30 minutes with a stop in Casablanca on Royal Air Maroc or Tunis on Tunisair ¹. The 2024 report listed Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Air Algérie among one-stop options ².

Flights after the April 2026 attacks

The UK FCDO says an attack near Bamako International Airport on 25 April 2026 led to its temporary closure ⁹. It says inbound and outbound flights can be cancelled at short notice or diverted ⁹.

Alain Hai of Air Journal reported on 10 May 2026 that Turkish Airlines and Corsair had stopped serving Bamako in recent weeks, without giving dates ³. He reported that Royal Air Maroc kept its daily Casablanca to Bamako rotations and that its flight on 25 April operated with a slight delay ³. The report said a few African airlines kept limited links but did not name them ³.

On 24 October 2026 the Royal Air Maroc booking page for Brussels to Bamako showed fares for November and December 2026 and none for January to March 2027 ¹⁰. Fares on the page are collected over the previous 48 hours ¹⁰.

Corsair

Ricardo Moraes of Air Journal reported on 19 June 2026 that Corsair had suspended its Bamako flights until 30 June 2026, citing the security situation ⁴. The report said Corsair offered refunds or rerouting to Abidjan or Cotonou, without ground transport to Bamako ⁴. Armin Kific of ch-aviation reported on 23 June 2026 that the Paris-Orly to Bamako service was suspended until at least 26 June 2026 ⁵. The two reports give different end dates. This site found no Corsair statement on a restart date.

Air France

Domestic flights

The CGRA reported in December 2024 that Sky Mali, a private Malian airline, flew from Bamako to Kayes three times a week ². Its December 2025 report said the route ran five days a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday ¹. It said Sky Mali stated on X that the fuel shortage had not disrupted its kerosene supply ¹.

The UK FCDO says there is a fuel shortage in Mali and that terrorist groups have repeatedly shelled Timbuktu airport since August 2023 ⁹.

Airspace with Algeria

Rafik Tadjer of TSA reported on 10 July 2026 that Algeria's Ministry of National Defence had decided to fully reopen Algerian airspace to Malian air traffic from that day, for all flights to and from Mali ⁷. Alain Hai of Air Journal reported on 19 July 2026 that Mali had reopened its airspace to all civil and military aircraft flying to or from Algeria ⁸. That report cited no Malian official document ⁸. It said Air Algérie saw a chance to expand its West African links, including Bamako ⁸.

The two states had closed their airspace to each other in April 2025 ⁸. TSA attributes Algeria's reopening to a communiqué of its defence ministry ⁷. Mali's reopening is reported only by Air Journal, and this site found no Malian official text ⁸.