Air Greenland

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Air Greenland
IATA GL	ICAO GRL	Callsign Greenland
Founded		1960
Hubs		Kangerlussuaq Airport
Focus cities		Nuuk Airport Narssarssuaq Airport
Frequent flyer program		EuroBonus, on flights to CPH only
Fleet size		24
Destinations		18
Parent company		SAS AB, Grønlands Hjemmestyre, The Danish state
Headquarters		Nuuk
Key people		Peter Grønvold Samuelsen (CEO)
Website: http://www.airgreenland.gl

Air Greenland is the national airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with two intercontinental or international services to Copenhagen and Baltimore, USA. It offers concessional air services to all communities in Greenland and operates charter, taxi and special flights, such as air ambulance and search and rescue. Its headquarters is at Nuuk Airport.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Europe 2.2 North America 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in November 1960 as Greenlandair. It was founded by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and mining company Kryolitselskabet and in 1962 the Greenland provincial government and the government of Denmark became co-owners. In 1998 Greenlandair began operating its first jet aircraft, a Boeing 757-200. In 2002 Greenlandair changed its name to Air Greenland.

The intercontinental service to Copenhagen carried nearly 95,000 passengers in 2003. In 2003 Air Greenland won the U.S. Air Force contract for flights to Thule Air Base (previously held by SAS). Flights to Thule Air Base started in February 2004.

[edit] Destinations

Air Greenland flies to the following destinations (at June 2006):

[edit] Europe

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)

[edit] North America

• Greenland (Denmark)
  • Aasiaat
  • Alluitsup Paa
  • Ilulissat
  • Ittoqqortoormiit
  • Kangerlussuaq Airport
  • Kangilinnguit
  • Kulusuk Airport
  • Maniitsoq
  • Nanortalik
  • Narsaq
  • Narssarssuaq Airport
  • Nerlerit Inaat
  • Nuuk Airport
  • Paamiut
  • Pituffik
  • Qaanaaq
  • Qaarsut
  • Qaqortoq
  • Qasigiannguit
  • Qeqertarsuaq
  • Sisimiut
  • Tasiilaq
  • Upernavik
  • Uummannaq
• United States
  • Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Airport) [starts May 11, 2007] [1]

see also SAS Group destinations

[edit] Fleet

The Air Greenland fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[1] :

• 1 Airbus A330-200
• 1 Boeing 757-200
• 3 De Havilland Canada Dash 7
• 3 De Havilland Canada Dash 7C
• 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

Other aircraft (at July 2005):

• 3 Sikorsky S-61 helicopter
• 1 Beech King Air 200
• 4 Bell 212 helicopter
• 2 Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter
• 4 Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter

[edit] External links

• Air Greenland
• Air Greenland Fleet
• SAS Group

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006