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Sep 20, 2016 (newstodate): The outcome, published by mid-September, of the tender for service contracts in Greenland obviously came as a surprise and a disappointment for the two airlines that had placed their bids for air services.
Aluu Airlines that did not land any contract at all had to see their hopes for an early start of helicopter and fixed-wing services fully grounded, and the country's national carrier Air Greenland also saw their involvement strongly curtailed in favor of a larger share of the passenger and cargo transport services returning to sea transportation by Disko Line.
As a result, Air Greenland has now warned of an imminent start of the process to dismiss up to 45 employees mainly at small helipads.
Aluu Airline seems to hold differing views on its immediate future after the failure to land part of the service contracts.
-Our partner, Bristow was determined to participating in investments in four to five Sikorsky S92 helicopters and two ATR aircraft, but with the decision by the government to increase the use of ships rather than aircraft in serving the country's needs for transportation this is now off the agenda, Kuno Fencker, driving the aborted project together with Pele Broberg, told newstodate on September 15.
On facebook, Aluu Airlines' now takes a new approach in its latest update, dated September 19:
-We have received overwhelming support during the last few days, so we will now await developments over the coming near future before making our final decision on the future of Aluu Airlines, writes Pele Broberg.
-It might still be an option for us to serve part of Southern Greenland and the Disko area with modern helicopters. We would like to serve the entire country but would obviously have to start out somewhere first, he writes.
Keeping away from the tender process entirely, another ongoing venture, Gert Brask's Fly Greenland that also owns the Dutch carrier Denim Air seems to be persistent in its plans to launch not only domestic services in Greenland, but Transatlantic services between Denmark and Canada via Greenland in 2017.
Aluu Airlines that did not land any contract at all had to see their hopes for an early start of helicopter and fixed-wing services fully grounded, and the country's national carrier Air Greenland also saw their involvement strongly curtailed in favor of a larger share of the passenger and cargo transport services returning to sea transportation by Disko Line.
As a result, Air Greenland has now warned of an imminent start of the process to dismiss up to 45 employees mainly at small helipads.
Aluu Airline seems to hold differing views on its immediate future after the failure to land part of the service contracts.
-Our partner, Bristow was determined to participating in investments in four to five Sikorsky S92 helicopters and two ATR aircraft, but with the decision by the government to increase the use of ships rather than aircraft in serving the country's needs for transportation this is now off the agenda, Kuno Fencker, driving the aborted project together with Pele Broberg, told newstodate on September 15.
On facebook, Aluu Airlines' now takes a new approach in its latest update, dated September 19:
-We have received overwhelming support during the last few days, so we will now await developments over the coming near future before making our final decision on the future of Aluu Airlines, writes Pele Broberg.
-It might still be an option for us to serve part of Southern Greenland and the Disko area with modern helicopters. We would like to serve the entire country but would obviously have to start out somewhere first, he writes.
Keeping away from the tender process entirely, another ongoing venture, Gert Brask's Fly Greenland that also owns the Dutch carrier Denim Air seems to be persistent in its plans to launch not only domestic services in Greenland, but Transatlantic services between Denmark and Canada via Greenland in 2017.