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Nov 28, 2022 (newstodate): Air Greenland is soon to take delivery of its new Transatlantic workhorse, the Airbus A330-800neo.
The aircraft has now completed its flight test program and according to sources, the customer acceptance flight was also performed this weekend from the Airbus facilities at Toulouse.
The new aircraft will replace the airline’s aging Airbus A330-200 to secure operations between Greenland and Denmark, offering the capacity of lifting up to 257 passengers over a range of 15,090 km, compared to 250 passengers on the A330-200 flying up to 13,450 km.
When Greenland's coming new transatlantic airport at Nuuk and Ilulissat are opened, the aircraft will also introduce potentials for new routes between Greenland and North America.
Dampening the enthusiasm around the imminent delivery of the new aircraft is however the threat of an imminent union action proclaimed to start from December 2, 2022, which comes immediately before the seasonal Christmas peak - if not averted by a last-minute agreement between The Flight Attendants Union of Denmark and Air Greenland on cabin crew wages and shift hours' flexibility.
The aircraft has now completed its flight test program and according to sources, the customer acceptance flight was also performed this weekend from the Airbus facilities at Toulouse.
The new aircraft will replace the airline’s aging Airbus A330-200 to secure operations between Greenland and Denmark, offering the capacity of lifting up to 257 passengers over a range of 15,090 km, compared to 250 passengers on the A330-200 flying up to 13,450 km.
When Greenland's coming new transatlantic airport at Nuuk and Ilulissat are opened, the aircraft will also introduce potentials for new routes between Greenland and North America.
Dampening the enthusiasm around the imminent delivery of the new aircraft is however the threat of an imminent union action proclaimed to start from December 2, 2022, which comes immediately before the seasonal Christmas peak - if not averted by a last-minute agreement between The Flight Attendants Union of Denmark and Air Greenland on cabin crew wages and shift hours' flexibility.