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Air Greenland Inc. is the regional airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with international 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.

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. 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)

Destinations

As of May 2008, Air Greenland operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:

Ikerasak - IKE

Illorsuit - ILL

Innaarsuit - INN

Ittoqqortoormiit - OBY

Kangersuatsiaq - KAQ

Kangilinnguit or Grønnedal - JGR

Kitsissuarsuit - KIT

Kullorsuaq - KLQ

Naajaat - NAJ

Nanortalik - JNN

Narsaq - JNS

Nutaarmiut - NUT

Nuugaatsiaq - NUG

Nuussuaq - NUS

Paamiut - JFR

Qaarsut - JQA

Qaqortoq - JJU

Qasigiannguit - JCH

Qeqertaq - QQT

Qeqertarsuaq - JGO

Saattut - SAA

Saqqaq - QUP

Tasiusaq (North) - TSS

Ukkusissat - UKK

Upernavik Kujalleq - UPK

Uummannaq - UMD

Fleet

The Air Greenland fleet includes the following aircraft (at April 2007) :
Air Greenland Fleet>

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Routes
Airbus A330-200	1	245	Kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen
Boeing 757-200	1	200	Narsarsuaq to Copenhagen
De Havilland Canada Dash 7	3	50	Aasiaat, Kangerlussuaq, Kulusuk, Maniitsoq, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk, Qaanaaq, Qaarsut, Sisimiut, Ilulissat and Upernavik
De Havilland Canada Dash 7C	3	50	Aasiaat, Kangerlussuaq, Kulusuk, Maniitsoq, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk, Qaanaaq, Qaarsut, Sisimiut, Ilulissat and Upernavik
Beechcraft B200 King Air	1	7
DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300	2	18
Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter	3	25	Aasiaat, Ilulissat, Kangilinnguit, Narsaq, Narsarsuaq, Nanortalik, Nuuk, Paamiut, Qaqortoq, Qasigiannguit and Qeqertarsuaq
Eurocopter AS350 B2 Helicopter	2	5
Eurocopter AS350 B3 Helicopter	4	5
Bell 212 Helicopter	4	9	Alluitsup Paa, Kulusuk, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Qaarsut, Qaqortoq, Tasiilaq and Uummannaq
Bell 222U Helicopter	4	8	Alluitsup Paa, Kulusuk, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Qaarsut, Qaqortoq, Tasiilaq and Uummannaq

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