Included are a photo contest, a thorough history, a fleet profile of past present (and future!) aircraft, and a few other articles on this unique airline.
They also include mock-up photos of their new Dash-8-200 which they'll be receiving shortly from QX, inaugurating service this June from KEF to GOH (Nuuk) and UAK.
Teneriffe77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 423 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 4040 times:
Thanks for the link. Very Interesting i had no idea Air Greenland had operated so many different types. The catalina pics are outstanding
Prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6019 posts, RR: 55 Reply 2, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 3985 times:
Air Greenland was founded following the loss of the combined passenger and cargo ship Hans Hedtoft on 30th January 1959.
During the late 50'es it had been discussed whether year around shipping to/from and within Greenland was feasible, or it was time to establish air traffic as the main way of communication also in winter. The pro shipping people won that battle. (Until then traffic had practically only been possible in summer).
A new ship was built to serve Kongelig Grønlands Handel (Royal Greenland trade organization). Specially designed to sail in thick ice. With double hull, and the outer hull out of one inch thick steel up to six feet above water line. Seven separate lockable compartments. The ship was considered unsinkable even in the event of the worst thinkable accident.
It made its maiden voyage from Copenhagen 7th January 1959 to Greenland, where it visited several cities. On its way back on 30th January it hit an iceberg fifteen miles south of the soutmost cape of Greenland. One disstress call was received on the radio. The ship has never been found, and all 95 people on board died. It is often considered "The Danish Titanic".
Following this tragedy the plans for air traffic in Greenland were immediately undusted. Not many years later a substantial fleet of Sikorsky S61 helicopters provided the main intercity infrastructure within Greenland, while SAS served the Copenhagen - Kargerlussuaq route with DC-7, later DC-8.
Today several new runways have supplemented the helipads and Dash-7 is the major workhorse. At great expense for the taxpayers. It is expensive to build runways where you have permanent frost in the underground. Air Greenland now also serves the internatinal connection with its own A330.
Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm
StoliBabe From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 3925 times:
That is THE hottest livery of all. Love the color, the font, the tail logo design. And it looks great on every aircraft I've seen it on. It even managed to make the clunky, dowdy Dash 7 look hot!
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21498 posts, RR: 24 Reply 4, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 3890 times:
Quoting Teneriffe77 (Reply 1): Thanks for the link. Very Interesting i had no idea Air Greenland had operated so many different types. The catalina pics are outstanding
The Dash 7 photos are also interesting. They must be the only photos of 4 Dash 7s flying in formation (over Greenland's capital, Nuuk). http://50.airgreenland.dk/dhc7/
Thule From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 97 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 3872 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 4): The Dash 7 photos are also interesting. They must be the only photos of 4 Dash 7s flying in formation (over Greenland's capital, Nuuk).
I'd never heard about those photos either. Must've been an expensive shoot that really screwed up the schedules for that day, seeing as GL has only six of the type. I think Greenlanders are used to long delays, though.
SurfandSnow From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 2588 posts, RR: 31 Reply 7, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 3819 times:
Never quite understood Air Greenland's strategy in terms of [briefly] serving the U.S. Why they chose BWI rather than JFK, BOS, or IAD (likely with an interline partner such as AA, DL, or UA) is beyond me...
Flying in the middle seat of coach is much better than not flying at all!
Prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6019 posts, RR: 55 Reply 10, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 3393 times:
Quoting SurfandSnow (Reply 7): Never quite understood Air Greenland's strategy in terms of [briefly] serving the U.S. Why they chose BWI rather than JFK, BOS, or IAD
Air Greenland has no sheduled service to any US airport.
If you have seen an Air Greenland plane at a US airport, then it has been on a special charter flight - not unlikely for a mining company, an oil exploration company, or maybe military.
It's not an Air Greenland strategy. The charter customers decide their destinations. It is no more complicated than that.
The population of Greenland is 6,000 times smaller than the US population. Therefore there is a tight limit for how much international traffic there can be. Many US airports serve more pax each day than the total population of Greenland.
Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm
Larshjort From Denmark, joined Dec 2007, 1217 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 3351 times:
Quoting Prebennorholm (Reply 10): If you have seen an Air Greenland plane at a US airport, then it has been on a special charter flight - not unlikely for a mining company, an oil exploration company, or maybe military.
According to their website they had one route to USA in the summer of 2007
Thanks for the pictures! Things actually look a lot more livable there in January than I'd imagined. Do you have any more? Do you think you could put together a more detailed trip report?
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21498 posts, RR: 24 Reply 14, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3209 times:
Quoting Larshjort (Reply 11): Quoting Prebennorholm (Reply 10):
If you have seen an Air Greenland plane at a US airport, then it has been on a special charter flight - not unlikely for a mining company, an oil exploration company, or maybe military.
According to their website they had one route to USA in the summer of 2007
Maersk737 From Denmark, joined Feb 2004, 632 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 3099 times:
Quoting Thule (Reply 13): Thanks for the pictures! Things actually look a lot more livable there in January than I'd imagined. Do you have any more? Do you think you could put together a more detailed trip report?
-31 degrees Celsius when we landed. Cold but no wind!
I do have more photos, I will try to put together a trip report!
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