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Air Greenland Canceling Baltimore Service

Where: Greenland
March 18, 2008 at 1:00 PM | by pbb | 5 Comments

Sorry, Greenland. We totally meant to come visit. But now that Air Greenland has shut down its Baltimore-Kangerlussuaq route, it's gonna be a bit harder to come see you.

Why the change?

The reason for the decision is that the route made a loss in its first season of DKK 15.1 million ($3.2 million) and preliminary figures for 2008 predicted expected losses in the two-digit millions. This is partly due to increased costs for fuel and aircraft rental, but also due to the low dollar rate which has reduced American demand for travel abroad.

Heh. When in doubt, blame the worthless American dollar!

Related Stories:
· Air Greenland: The Baltimore Route Is to Close [Official Site]
· World's Most Dangerous Airports: Narsarsuaq, Greenland [Jaunted]
· Greenland Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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  1. rdmcgeorge

    Jaunted Member

    We in Baltimore are deeply saddened.

    Personally, I was really looking forward to picking up some tupilaks - small grotesque figures carved in narwhal or walrus tooth or reindeer antler - for stocking stuffing next Christmas.  I don't how I am going to explain this to my Greenlandic Inuit second-cousin, who I already have trouble communicating with since he only speaks Kalaallisut.
    March 18, 2008 at 3:09 PM
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  1. djk

    Jaunted Member

    Narwhal?!

    Narwhal!
    March 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM
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  1. rdmcgeorge

    Jaunted Member

    Yeah, Narwhal

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal
    March 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM
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  1. AndrewR

    Jaunted Member

    Actually...

    Getting to Greenland is still pretty simple.  You just need to connect through Iceland or Copenhagen.  Plus, going that way, you can leave from pretty much any city rather than traveling to Baltimore.  I was just checking out some packages on experiencegreenland.com.  
    March 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM
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  1. MichelleN

    Jaunted Member

    Ditto!

    A friend of mine went to Greenland through Iceland and commented that is was very simple.  He left from JFK (New York).  
    March 27, 2008 at 11:40 AM
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