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Oct 19, 2011 (newstodate): Air Greenland is fighting for its stance on the crucial issue of the future location of the country's Atlantic airport.
The Atlantic flights connecting Greenland and Denmark is located at Kangerlussuaq/Sdr Stromfjord, but a recent report concludes that is should be moved instead to the country's capital, Nuuk that remains the destinations for most traffic between Greenland and the outside world.
Air Greenland has now provided an analysis to prove that weather conditions will have a strong impact on the regularity of the Atlantic flight operations is the airport is moved to Nuuk.
According to Air Greenland, the Atlantic traffic at Kangerlussuaq is only down a few times per year due to bad weather, while Atlantic traffic at an airport at Nuuk would be impacted between 18 and 37 times per year, entailing heavy costs for the carrier as flights are then returned to Denmark.
The Atlantic flights connecting Greenland and Denmark is located at Kangerlussuaq/Sdr Stromfjord, but a recent report concludes that is should be moved instead to the country's capital, Nuuk that remains the destinations for most traffic between Greenland and the outside world.
Air Greenland has now provided an analysis to prove that weather conditions will have a strong impact on the regularity of the Atlantic flight operations is the airport is moved to Nuuk.
According to Air Greenland, the Atlantic traffic at Kangerlussuaq is only down a few times per year due to bad weather, while Atlantic traffic at an airport at Nuuk would be impacted between 18 and 37 times per year, entailing heavy costs for the carrier as flights are then returned to Denmark.