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| Founded | 1960 (as Greenlandair) | |||
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| Hubs | Kangerlussuaq Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Nuuk Airport Narsarsuaq Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | EuroBonus, on flights to CPH only | |||
| Fleet size | 24 | |||
| Destinations | 41 | |||
| Headquarters | Nuuk, Greenland | |||
| Key people | Michael Binzer (CEO) | |||
| Website | http://airgreenland.com | |||
Air Greenland Inc. is the regional airline of Greenland, headquartered in Nuuk.[1] It operates largely domestic services, with services 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 main base is Nuuk Airport.[2] It is owned by the Greenland government (37.5%), SAS Group (37.5%) and the Danish government (25%). It has 569 employees (as of March 2007),[2] and carried 421,000 passengers in 2008.[3] Arctic Umiaq Line is partially owned by Air Greenland.[4][5]
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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) with flights starting in February 2004.[6] In 2007 SAS Group announced that it would aim to sell its shares in Air Greenland,[7] executing its decision in early 2009 as part of its restructuring program.[8][9]
Destinations
Fleet
The Air Greenland fleet includes the following aircraft (as of October 2009) [10] [11]:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Routes | Notes |
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| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | 245 | CPH-SFJ, charters | |
| Beechcraft B200 King Air | 1 | 7 | Domestic | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | 200 | CPH-UAK, charters | Exit from service: summer 2010 |
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 | 0 (2 on order) | TBA | TBA | Entry into service: May or June 2010 (ex-Horizon Air aircraft) |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 2 | 18 | Domestic | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 7 | 6 | 50 | Domestic |
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Routes |
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| Sikorsky S-61 | 2 | 25 | Domestic |
| Bell 212 | 7 | 9 | Domestic |
| Bell 222 | 4 | 8 | Domestic |
| Eurocopter AS350 | 13 | 5 | Domestic |
Photographs
 Air Greenland Boeing 757-200 at Kangerlussuaq Airport |
 Air Greenland Airbus A330 at Kangerlussuaq Airport |
 Air Greenland Dash-7 102, at Kangerlussuaq Airport |
Footnotes
- ^ "Contact." Air Greenland. Retrieved on 8 October 2009.
- ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ Air Greenland Annual Report
- ^ About the group, Hotel Arctic
- ^ Air Greenland, Subsidiary Companies
- ^ Air Greenland Annual Report, 2004
- ^ SAS Group Press Releases
- ^ e24.no (in Norwegian)
- ^ Sermitsiaq (in Danish)
- ^ Air Greenland website - Fleet
- ^ Air Greenland sælger Kunuunnguaq i 2010
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