Sky Greenland (formerly known as ''Greenland Express'') was a virtual airline headquartered in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, which started operations in June 2014, using a sole

Fokker 100 The Fokker 100 is a regional jet that was produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 was based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay tur ...

leased from Denim Air ACMI.

History

Sky Greenland started operations on 17 June 2014 with two Fokker 100 aircraft (one in storage for possible new routes coming soon, and used for charter services), mainly flying between Greenland and Denmark, Kangerlussuaq - Narsarsuaq - Keflavik - Aalborg - Copenhagen. It had plans to operate from

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

in Iceland to other destinations in Europe. (Direct flights from Akureyri save at least four hours of travel time compared to changes at Reykjavík, partly because of the ground transfer needed.) It also had plans to have a hub in Greenland in the future. Operations were suspended in , three months after the carrier got airborne. In early 2015, it was announced that the airline was expecting to finalize a three-year wet lease agreement for two Airbus A319 aircraft. In , the carrier was granted permission to fly domestic services, which were expected to commence before . Plans to restart regular services in July and then August 2015 were abandoned.

Destinations

Sky Greenland had plans to operate from

Billund Airport Billund Airport () is an airport in Denmark. Located northeast of Billund, Denmark, Billund, it serves as one of the country's busiest Cargo airline, air cargo centres, as well as a charter airline destination. It is the List of the busiest a ...

and

Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (, ) is an international airport serving Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, as well as the wider Øresund Region, including Zealand and the southern Sweden, Swedish province of Scania. In 2023 it was the largest ai ...

Kangerlussuaq Airport Kangerlussuaq Airport (, , formerly ''Søndre Strømfjord Lufthavn'' in Danish) is an airport in Kangerlussuaq, a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It was originally built as Sondrestrom Air Base (Bluie West- ...

and

Narsarsuaq Airport Narsarsuaq Airport () is an airport located in Narsarsuaq, a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Along with Nuuk Airport and Kangerlussuaq Airport, it is one of three civilian airports in Greenland capable of serving ...

, but the airline was not able to launch operations in 2015. The airline was going to lease an

Airbus A319-100 The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of . Final assem ...

from

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, but problems with payment resulted with the contract not being completed.

Fleet

Greenland Express Fokker F100 at Lviv International Airport

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* {{Airlines of Denmark 2013 establishments in Denmark Companies based in Aalborg Companies based in Reykjavík Greenlandic companies established in 2013