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May 1, 2013 (newstodate): Prospects are brightening for Greenland to see the launch of a new privately-owned low-cost airline, Greenland Express.
After a delay due to the recent elections in Greenland, the country's new government, meeting on April 25, 2013, decided that Greenland Express can get a traffic policy commitment to operate flights to and from Greenland.
-This is the first formal approval for Greenland Express. We now have to work on the next steps in our application process to be able to move towards the operational status of the project. The aim remains to start operations by summer 2013, says Gert Brask, heading the project and future Greenland Express CEO.
Existing plans include flights from Copenhagen and Aalborg in Denmark and Keflavik at Iceland to Narsarsuak and Kangerlussuaq in Greenland, using an A320 Family aircraft on a six-month leasing contract with a Dutch provider.
From the start, Greenland Express will operate with a mix of Dutch, Danish and Greenlandic crew, gradually moving towards pure Danish/Greenlandic crews as hiring and training gains momentum.
Eventually, the carrier expects to employ about 60 people.
After a delay due to the recent elections in Greenland, the country's new government, meeting on April 25, 2013, decided that Greenland Express can get a traffic policy commitment to operate flights to and from Greenland.
-This is the first formal approval for Greenland Express. We now have to work on the next steps in our application process to be able to move towards the operational status of the project. The aim remains to start operations by summer 2013, says Gert Brask, heading the project and future Greenland Express CEO.
Existing plans include flights from Copenhagen and Aalborg in Denmark and Keflavik at Iceland to Narsarsuak and Kangerlussuaq in Greenland, using an A320 Family aircraft on a six-month leasing contract with a Dutch provider.
From the start, Greenland Express will operate with a mix of Dutch, Danish and Greenlandic crew, gradually moving towards pure Danish/Greenlandic crews as hiring and training gains momentum.
Eventually, the carrier expects to employ about 60 people.