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

Air Greenland Boeing 757-200 at Kangerlussuaq Airport.

Air Greenland Airbus A330 at Kangerlussuaq Airport.

Air Greenland is the regional airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with international services to Copenhagen and Baltimore. 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^[1].

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. It is owned by the Greenland government (37.5%), SAS Group (37.5%) and the Danish government (25%) and has 569 employees (at March 2007)^[1].

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.^{[citation needed]}

SAS Group announced in a press release June 13, 2007, that they will sell their shares in Air Greenland. [1]

In late August 2007, Air Greenland staff went on strike, stranding passengers, including conservative Michael Rubin of the National Review, in Greenland.^[2]

As of May 2007, Air Greenland operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations within Greenland:^[3]

• Aappilattoq
• Aasiaat
• Alluitsup Paa
• Alluitup Paa
• Ammassalik
• Ammassivik
  

  

  Map of Greenland showing some of the destinations
• Eqaluit Qaqqaat
• Ikerasak
• Illorsuit
• Ilulissat
• Innaarsuit
• Ittoqqortoormiit
• Kangerlussuaq Airport
• Kangersuatsiaq
• Kangilinnguit
• Kitsissuarsuit
• Kullorsuaq
• Kulusuk Airport
• Kuumiut
• Maniitsoq
• Moriussaq
• Naajaat
• Nanortalik
• Narsaq
• Narsaq Kujalleq
• Narsarsuaq Airport
• Nerlerit Inaat
• Niaqornat
• Nutaarmiut
• Nuugaatsiaq
• Nuuk Airport
• Nuussuaq
• Paamiut
• Pituffik
• Qaanaaq
• Qaarsut
• Qaqortoq
• Qasigiannguit
• Qeqertaq
• Qeqertarsuaq
• Saattut
• Saqqaq
• Sermiligaaq
• Siorapaluk
• Sisimiut
• Tasiilaq
• Tasiusaq
• Tiniteqilaaq
• Ukkusissat
• Upernavik
• Upernavik Kujalleq
• Uummannaq

As of May 2007, Air Greenland operates scheduled international passenger flights to:^[3]

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)
• United States
  • Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Airport)

The Air Greenland fleet includes the following aircraft (at April 2007) ^[4]:

• 1 Airbus A330-200
• 1 Boeing 757-200
• 3 De Havilland Canada Dash 7
• 3 De Havilland Canada Dash 7C
• 1 Beechcraft B200 King Air
• 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 3 Sikorsky S-61 helicopter
• 2 Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter
• 4 Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter
• 4 Bell 212 helicopter
• 4 Bell 222 helicopter

• Air Greenland
• Air Greenland Fleet
• SAS Group

1. ^ ^{a b} Flight International 27 March 2007
2. ^ Michael Rubin, "Stranded in Greenland", National Review, August 29, 2007
3. ^ ^{a b} Air Greenland Departures & Arrivals
4. ^ Air Greenland website - Fleet