Greenland is getting scorching, and I’m not simply speaking about world warming!
Scandinavian Airways plans Copenhagen to Nuuk route
Scandinavian Airways (SAS) has introduced that it’s going to launch a brand new route between Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) and Nuuk, Greenland (GOH). The seasonal route will begin on June 27, 2025, with 3x weekly companies.
The flight will function with the next schedule on Mondays and Wednesdays:
SK1294 Copenhagen to Nuuk departing 9:00AM arriving 11:05AM
SK1293 Nuuk to Copenhagen departing 12:05PM arriving 7:45PM
In the meantime it’s going to function with the next schedule on Fridays:
SK1294 Copenhagen to Nuuk departing 12:15PM arriving 2:20PM
SK1293 Nuuk to Copenhagen departing 3:20PM arriving 11:00PM
The two,208-mile flight will probably be flown with an Airbus A320neo, and is blocked at simply over 5 hours westbound and just below 5 hours eastbound. This would be the first time in over twenty years that SAS provides scheduled service to Greenland.
Right here’s how SAS CEO Anko van der Werff describes the brand new service:
“We’re thrilled to reinforce connectivity between Greenland, Scandinavia and locations worldwide via our SkyTeam alliance. This new route meets the rising demand for distinctive, adventurous journey experiences, whereas reinforcing Copenhagen’s place as a key hub for Scandinavian connections worldwide.”
Greenland is getting busy, for higher or worse!
The timing of this service being added isn’t any coincidence. Traditionally, Kangerlussuaq (SFJ) has been Greenland’s solely airport able to dealing with jets, as Greenland’s capital of Nuuk (GOH) solely had a small airport. Fortuitously within the coming months, Nuuk’s expanded airport will open, and this has thrilling implications, because it signifies that jets will have the ability to fly on to Nuuk.
Suffice it to say that Greenland is seeing an enormous enhance in service. Traditionally, the first hyperlinks to Greenland have been on Air Greenland, and the airline has an Airbus A330-800neo that it flies to Copenhagen (CPH). On prime of that, Icelandair operates service to Reykjavik.
Nevertheless, 2025 is popping out to be a busy yr for summer season service. Not solely will SAS add flights to the airport, however United can also be planning a route from Newark to Nuuk.
What in fact makes this difficult is that Greenland has very restricted lodging capability, so it’s going to be fascinating to see if Greenland can deal with all these added guests. Have been there that many spare resort rooms in Greenland in summer season, earlier than all of this service is being added?
Backside line
Scandinavian Airways is the newest airline to be including service to Greenland, because the airline will probably be competing head-on with Air Greenland’s Airbus A330-800neo flight between Copenhagen and Nuuk. It’s cool to see Greenland develop into extra accessible, although admittedly that’s a double edged sword.
What do you make of SAS including Nuuk flights?
