It’s an interesting time for aviation in Greenland. We’re witnessing huge investments in the territory’s aviation infrastructure, and as a result, we’re also seeing quite a bit of extra air service there. Along those lines, government-owned Air Greenland has announced that it will double its jet fleet.
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My zip code in Maryland has 4x the population of that city. I'm skeptical they can fill that plane and also keep the plane utilization high.
This service isn't targeted at locals, just like the large increase in service Aspen will see (with larger jets) isn't due to its population of 6000 inhabitants.
You zip code in Maryland doesnt have glaciers, icebergs and dogsledding.
They will easily fill the plane, flights in/out of Ilulissat (as well as accomodation) sell out months in advance currently on DH8s, domestic and to/from KEF
Was in Ilulissat last summer—what a stunning place. This will make it so much easier to get to. I do hope they are building more accommodation though. This will bring in many more people / day than the Dash-8s ever could.