newstodate.aero

Jun 28, 2024 (newstodate): Probably of limited business importance, a route connecting Canada and Greenland has been reopened.
   After a 10-years lapse, Air Greenland is back on the route between Nuuk and Iqaluit in Northern Canada's Inuit province, home to some 7,700 inhabitants
   With the first flight on June 26, 2024, using Dash-8 aircraft, the route is operated in cooperation with the Canadian airline Canadian North Air that will introduce own flights once the new airport at Nuuk has been opened for international flights on November 28, 2024.
   The cooperation with Canadian North Air allows Air Greenland to add North American destinations including Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, Anchorage, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, and Washington DC to its map.
    Already in 2020, Canadian North and Air Greenland signed a LoI to explore partnership opportunities for air services and tourism development between Greenland and Canada. The process was however stalled as the coronavirus pandemic gained pace.   
   The route was earlier operated by East Air in cooperation with Air Greenland, later transferred to operate into Kangerlussuaq with larger aircraft, but eventually closed in 2001.