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Sep 06, 2021 (newstodate: Shrouded in silence since September 2020, a planned airline venture in Greenland is making noise again.
Reappearing on its LinkedIn account, Arctic Airways claims the acquisition of a yet-unidentified Bulgarian airline.
-Now it is up to the mother company of the Bulgarian company to fulfill; I wish them and the Bulgarian company all the best of luck to become an independent airline, and to become a part of the Arctic tourist business, says Gert Brask, founder at Arctic Airways Arctic Cruise Line Arctic Hotel Group Arctic Tourist Group Arctic Bulk Water Arctic Ice Water, on LinkedIn.
The Arctic Airways team reportedly plans to grow a fleet of up to nine aircraft serving 15 destinations in Europe and North America, with Greenland as an intermediate stop for tourism.
Arctic Airways was set up in 2016 by Gert Brask who was earlier involved in various largely unsuccessful projects to establish new, price-competitive domestic flight offerings in Greenland and between Greenland, Denmark and North America, last under the brand name of Sky Greenland.
Already in 2020, the carrier claimed to be in preparations for launch of services by 2021/22 and positioned to benefit from the opening of new Transatlantic airports at Nuuk and Ilulissat in addition to the existing Transatlantic airport at Kangerlussuaq.
According to the company's earlier information, the network would comprise five European airports including Copenhagen Airport, and four North American airports connecting via airports in Greenland.
Arctic Airways purports to become a virtual airline cooperating with a yet-unidentified European airline holding the AOC and operating aircraft on the route network - and maybe the said Bulgarian airline will play this role.