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Apr 10, 2014 (newstodate): The Icelandic carrier, part of the Icelandair Group, Air Iceland is deeply into logistics in Greenland.
The carrier plays a significant role in serving outlying towns on particularly the eastern coast of Greenland that are closed by ice during half of the year.
-We have been operating flights with passengers and cargo to and from Greenland since the 50'ies and are indeed seeing growing prospects in the country as the mining and oil drilling businesses develop, says Vigfus Vigfusson, Air Iceland Cargo manager.
-Part of the Icelandair Group, we transport Icelandair Cargo shipments for onward distribution to four destinations in Greenland, and in contrast to Air Greenland, we do not go via the Transatlantic hub at Kangerlussuaq but directly point-to-point in Greenland, mainly transporting perishables and consumer goods.
-We do not consider ourselves in direct competition to Air Greenland, rather as logistics providers supplementing the provision of goods to places in Greenland that may be easily served from Iceland with our fleet of small turboprop aircraft that do not require much airport infrastructure, says Mr Vigfusson.
In 2013, Air Iceland carried about 800 tonnes of cargo on the fleet comprising five Fokker F50 and two Bombardier Dash 8-200 aircraft that can be reconfigured to take cabin cargo containers.
The carrier plays a significant role in serving outlying towns on particularly the eastern coast of Greenland that are closed by ice during half of the year.
-We have been operating flights with passengers and cargo to and from Greenland since the 50'ies and are indeed seeing growing prospects in the country as the mining and oil drilling businesses develop, says Vigfus Vigfusson, Air Iceland Cargo manager.
-Part of the Icelandair Group, we transport Icelandair Cargo shipments for onward distribution to four destinations in Greenland, and in contrast to Air Greenland, we do not go via the Transatlantic hub at Kangerlussuaq but directly point-to-point in Greenland, mainly transporting perishables and consumer goods.
-We do not consider ourselves in direct competition to Air Greenland, rather as logistics providers supplementing the provision of goods to places in Greenland that may be easily served from Iceland with our fleet of small turboprop aircraft that do not require much airport infrastructure, says Mr Vigfusson.
In 2013, Air Iceland carried about 800 tonnes of cargo on the fleet comprising five Fokker F50 and two Bombardier Dash 8-200 aircraft that can be reconfigured to take cabin cargo containers.