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DEC 09, 2003 (newstodate): Air Greenland is currently evaluating various scenarios for its sustained operation of its single Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
The trunk route between Kangerlussuaq and Copenhagen is now operated with an Airbus A330 aircraft, while the Boeing aircraft has served the route to Narssarsuaq that cannot accomodate the Airbus aircraft due to operational limitations.
-The board is currently discussing various options for keeping the Boeing aircraft busy as we will definitely need the capacity, says Michael Binzer, Air Greenland director marketing & sales.
Binzer says the Boeing aircraft has proved its value as a reserve capacity to the Airbus that has been grounded for a total of 10 days during its two years of operations with Air Greenland.
-We are all surprised by the relatively large volume of AOG, although some period have been due to external factors not bearing on the quality of the aircraft, Binzer says.
Air Greenland needs, however, to generate a fair level of activity by the Boeing aircraft through e.g. charter operations in order to make it economically viable to keep it in the fleet.
As aircraft residual values are running low under the current market conditions, an immediate sale would probably entail a loss of DKK 65-70 million, also contributing to the board's efforts to keep it with the airline.
The trunk route between Kangerlussuaq and Copenhagen is now operated with an Airbus A330 aircraft, while the Boeing aircraft has served the route to Narssarsuaq that cannot accomodate the Airbus aircraft due to operational limitations.
-The board is currently discussing various options for keeping the Boeing aircraft busy as we will definitely need the capacity, says Michael Binzer, Air Greenland director marketing & sales.
Binzer says the Boeing aircraft has proved its value as a reserve capacity to the Airbus that has been grounded for a total of 10 days during its two years of operations with Air Greenland.
-We are all surprised by the relatively large volume of AOG, although some period have been due to external factors not bearing on the quality of the aircraft, Binzer says.
Air Greenland needs, however, to generate a fair level of activity by the Boeing aircraft through e.g. charter operations in order to make it economically viable to keep it in the fleet.
As aircraft residual values are running low under the current market conditions, an immediate sale would probably entail a loss of DKK 65-70 million, also contributing to the board's efforts to keep it with the airline.