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May 10, 2022 (newstodate): Air Greenland is looking forward to taking delivery of its new Airbus A330-800neo aircraft by autumn 2022.
    The primary fuselage section of the aircraft was delivered at the Airbus plant at Hamburg in December 2021, marking the start of the assembling process.
   The Airbus A330-800neo has the capacity of lifting up to 257 passengers over a range of 15,090 km compared to 250 passengers on the A330-200, currently operated by Air Greenland, flying up to 13,450 km.
   The new aircraft will primarily be operating the route between Denmark and the new airports at Nuuk and Ilulissat as well as opening potentials for new routes between Greenland and North America.
   Earlier slated for delivery by Q4, 2021, the Airbus A330-8000neo for Air Greenland was later rescheduled for delivery by Q4, 2022, in time for the commissioning of the two new Transatlantic airports replacing the current Transatlantic gateway at Kangerlussuaq in 2023.
   The new aircraft will replace Air Greenland's current wide-body aircraft, an Airbus A330-200, that has been put up for sale by Skytech-AIC since September 2019, and will formally exit Air Greenland's ownership by March 1, 2023.