Sky Greenland

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Sky Greenland
IATA ICAO Callsign
J7 DNM DENIM
Founded 2013
Operating bases
Fleet size 0
Destinations 01
Headquarters Kangerlussuaq, Greenland; Aalborg, Denmark
Key people Gert Brask, Owner
Website http://www.greenlandexpress.com
Notes
^1 Operations are currently suspended.

Sky Greenland (formerly known as Greenland Express) is a virtual airline headquartered in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland which started operations in June 2014, using a sole Fokker 100 leased from Denim Air ACMI.

History

Sky Greenland started operations on June 17, 2014 with two Fokker 100 aircraft (one in storage for possible new routes coming soon, and used for charter services), mainly flying between Greenland and Denmark, Kangerlussuaq - Narsarsuaq - Keflavik - Aalborg - Copenhagen. It had plans to operate from Akureyri in Iceland to other destinations in Europe.[1] (direct flights from Akureyri save at least 4 hours travel time compared to changes at Reykjavík, partly because of the ground transfer needed). It also had plans to have a hub in Greenland in the future.

Operations were suspended in September 2014 (2014-09), three months after the carrier got airborne.[2] In early 2015 it was announced that the airline was expecting to finalise a three-year wet lease agreement for two Airbus A319 aircraft.[3] In April 2015 (2015-04), the carrier was granted permission to fly domestic services, which are expected to commence before August 2015 (2015-08).[4] A 19-seat Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft (short-takeoff aircraft) will be used.[5]

Plans to restart regular services in July and then August 2015 were abandoned. It is now pursuing its own Air Operator Certificate and plans to acquire up to 5 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.[6]

A general problem for Greenland is that only two airports, Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq, can handle typical airplanes. But very few passengers live within road connection from those airports and most must transfer to local flights. Other airports accept only special short-takeoff planes which can't go to Denmark, and some cities accept only helicopters. These local flights are operated by Air Greenland only, the competitor, and this raises passenger cost.

Destinations

Sky Greenland had plans to operate from Billund Airport and Copenhagen Airport to Kangerlussuaq Airport and Narsarsuaq Airport, but the airline was not able to launch operations in 2015.[7] The airline was going to lease an Airbus A319-100 from BH Air, but problems with payment resulted with the contract not being completed.[8]

Fleet

Greenland Express Fokker F100 at Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (December 2014)
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Greenland Express Fokker F100 at Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (December 2014)
Sky Greenland fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Seats
Sukhoi Superjet 100 0 5 98 Leased from Sukhoi[9]
Total 0 5

References

  1. ↑ Beint flug frá Akureyri (Icelandic)
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Our future aircraft to domestic Greenland. With room for 19 pax or about 1700 kg cargo. (Facebook 4 May 2015)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ [1]

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