Air Greenland
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Air Greenland is the national airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with one international service to Copenhagen. 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 HQ is at Nuuk Airport.
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 international 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.
Services
Air Greenland operates the following services (at June 2006):
North America- Greenland (Denmark)
- *Aasiaat
- *Alluitsup Paa
- *Grønnedal
- *Ilulissat
- *Kangerlussuaq Airport
- *Kulusuk
- *Maniitsoq
- *Nanortalik
- *Narsaq
- *Narssarssuaq Airport
- *Nuuk
- *Paamiut
- *Pituffik
- *Qaanaaq
- *Qaarsut
- *Qaqortoq
- *Sisimiut
- *Upernavik
- *Uummannaq
- United States of America
- *Baltimore-Washington International Airport (Starts May 2007) [link]
see also SAS Group destinations
Fleet
The Air Greenland fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2005):
- 1 Airbus A330-200
- 1 Boeing 757-200
- 6 Bombardier Dash 7
- 2 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 3 Sikorsky S-61 helicopter
- 1 Beech King Air 200
- 4 Bell 212 helicopter
- 2 Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter
- 4 Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter
External links
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Affiliated Airlines: Estonian Air • Air Greenland • Skyways
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