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Apr 04, 2011 (newstodate): The future airport infrastructure of Greenland has long been debated in light of the obvious contradiction between the fact that most of the Transatlantic passengers are destined for the capital, Nuuk, while only two airports in the southern region of Greenland is capable of handling large aircraft.
This entails huge and costly efforts to transport passengers between airports.
The Transport Committee of Greenland's Home Rule government has now recommended the closure of the Transatlantic airport at Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuak, and the expansion instead of the capital Nuuk Airport to allow for operations by larger aircraft.
One crucial issue remains, however, to ascertain if it is at all possible to expand Nuuk Airport's existing single runway from 950 to 2,200m, or if the solution would be to build a completely new airport to the south of Nuuk.
Air Greenland is currently serving the Transatlantic flights from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Kangerlussuaq Airbus A330-200 aircraft while chartering Boeing 737 aircraft from the Danish capacity provider Jet Time to serve the route from Copenhagen to Narsarsuak during the summer season.
This entails huge and costly efforts to transport passengers between airports.
The Transport Committee of Greenland's Home Rule government has now recommended the closure of the Transatlantic airport at Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuak, and the expansion instead of the capital Nuuk Airport to allow for operations by larger aircraft.
One crucial issue remains, however, to ascertain if it is at all possible to expand Nuuk Airport's existing single runway from 950 to 2,200m, or if the solution would be to build a completely new airport to the south of Nuuk.
Air Greenland is currently serving the Transatlantic flights from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Kangerlussuaq Airbus A330-200 aircraft while chartering Boeing 737 aircraft from the Danish capacity provider Jet Time to serve the route from Copenhagen to Narsarsuak during the summer season.