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Nov 29, 2005 (newstodate): Fears are reportedly mounting in Greenland that a planned extension of local runways may cost traffic at the main Atlantic airport at Kangerlussuaq/Sdr Stormfjord.
The business community of nearby Sisimiut has therefore urged the Greenland Home Rule to maintain Kangerlussuaq as an active airport.
If the runways of Ilulissat and Greenland's capital Nuuk are extended to allow operations by aircraft larger than the Dash-7 now operated by Greenlandair, fears are that Icelandic carriers may enter the market and divert traffic between Greenland and the rest of the world via Iceland, forcing Greenlandair out of the Atlantic market.
Formerly a US Air Force Base, Kangerlussuaq Airport is the Atlantic hub for Greenlandair that operates its Airbus A330 on the route to Copenhagen, Denmark.
The domestic air transport network, operated by Greenlandair, feeds traffic between the country's regional and local airports and helipads and Kangerlussuaq for connections to and from Copenhagen Airport.
A second Atlantic airport is Narsarsuaq, serving as the major airport for South Greenland operations, and the third Atlantic venue is Pituffik/Thule, Greenland's most northerly airport - a US radar and AFB, and the airport for Qaanaq and other smaller settlemtments in the region.
Thule, occasionally served by Canadian airline First Air, is also potentially available to aircraft on diverted flight operations over the arctics.
The business community of nearby Sisimiut has therefore urged the Greenland Home Rule to maintain Kangerlussuaq as an active airport.
If the runways of Ilulissat and Greenland's capital Nuuk are extended to allow operations by aircraft larger than the Dash-7 now operated by Greenlandair, fears are that Icelandic carriers may enter the market and divert traffic between Greenland and the rest of the world via Iceland, forcing Greenlandair out of the Atlantic market.
Formerly a US Air Force Base, Kangerlussuaq Airport is the Atlantic hub for Greenlandair that operates its Airbus A330 on the route to Copenhagen, Denmark.
The domestic air transport network, operated by Greenlandair, feeds traffic between the country's regional and local airports and helipads and Kangerlussuaq for connections to and from Copenhagen Airport.
A second Atlantic airport is Narsarsuaq, serving as the major airport for South Greenland operations, and the third Atlantic venue is Pituffik/Thule, Greenland's most northerly airport - a US radar and AFB, and the airport for Qaanaq and other smaller settlemtments in the region.
Thule, occasionally served by Canadian airline First Air, is also potentially available to aircraft on diverted flight operations over the arctics.