Air Greenland
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Image:Air Greenland.jpg 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 main base is Nuuk Airport.
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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 1988 Greenlandair began operating its first jet aircraft, a Boeing 757-200. In 2002 Greenlandair changed its corporate identity to Air Greenland.
The international service to Copenhagen carried nearly 95,000 passengers in 2003. In 2003 Air Greenland won the United States 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 September 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Aasiaat, Alluitsup Paa, Groennedal, Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Kulusuk, Maniitsoq, Nanortalik, Narsaq, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk, Paamiut, Pituffik, Qaanaaq, Qaarsut, Qaqortoq, Sisimiut, Upernavik and Uummannaq.
- International scheduled destination : Copenhagen from Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq.
Fleet
The Air Greenland fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2005):
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