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Apr 05, 2017 (newstodate): Air Greenland is expanding its offering on the route between Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq during the summer and other peak seasons.
The carrier offers two weekly rotations with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft on the route all through the year, adding two extra weekly flights during the summer high season as well as around Easter and Christmas.
The airport is however not comprised by the scope of business of the new company Kalaallit Airport A/S, Greenland Airports, that has been established to materialize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
Kalaallit Airport will thus carry out the plans to extend the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
When these projects are completed, air traffic between Greenland and Denmark might operate directly into Nuuk and Ilulissat with requiring any transfer through Kangerlussuaq or Narsarsuaq, as is the case today.
To secure the future of Kangerlussuaq in the longer term will require massive maintenance and reconstruction works on the airport's runway that is impacted by changes in the permafrost conditions.
In summer 2016, six cracks in the runway surface were repaired to secure the operational performance, and earlier estimates are that a full reconstruction of the airport would carry a DKK 2 bio price tag.
The carrier offers two weekly rotations with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft on the route all through the year, adding two extra weekly flights during the summer high season as well as around Easter and Christmas.
The airport is however not comprised by the scope of business of the new company Kalaallit Airport A/S, Greenland Airports, that has been established to materialize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
Kalaallit Airport will thus carry out the plans to extend the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
When these projects are completed, air traffic between Greenland and Denmark might operate directly into Nuuk and Ilulissat with requiring any transfer through Kangerlussuaq or Narsarsuaq, as is the case today.
To secure the future of Kangerlussuaq in the longer term will require massive maintenance and reconstruction works on the airport's runway that is impacted by changes in the permafrost conditions.
In summer 2016, six cracks in the runway surface were repaired to secure the operational performance, and earlier estimates are that a full reconstruction of the airport would carry a DKK 2 bio price tag.