History
The airline was established in 1960 with Catalana aircraft, which were used to land on water and land. In 1965 heliports were built in towns and s-61 helicopters were provided to carry up to 20 passengers. But as Greenland began to rapidly develop in the 1960s and 1970s helicopter travel became financially unsustainable thus a switch to flights took place. Air Greenland also undertakes search and rescue operations, as well as functioning as an ambulance in emergencies.
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Air Greenland
Since 1960 Air Greenland - former Greenlandair - has been Greenland's national airline company. Since the early years with Catalinas and DC-4s until today's Boeing 757 and Airbus 330 there has been an immense development within the airline service in the Arctic, where Greenlandair/Air Greenland have been important pioneers. This is how we will continue to be in the future.
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