Thisted, Denmark, to re-open as cargo airport ch-aviation PRO exclusive

The Greenlandic Government may nationalize Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) with studies over the possible acquisition of stakes in the carrier held by the Danish Government and SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) now underway.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 12, SAS said Greenland's acquisition of both its stake (37.5%) and that of the Danish state (25%) in Air Greenland was contingent on there being an agreement on share evaluation as well as regulatory approval.

Nuuk's interest in Copenhagen and SAS's shareholding comes after it reached an agreement with the Danes on Monday wherein Denmark would contribute to the development of two major airports in Greenland.

According to the terms of the agreement between the Danish and Greenlandic governments, Denmark will acquire a 33.3% stake in the Kalaallit Airports Company for DKK700 million krone (USD109 million). The entity, which is owned by the Greenlandic government, was established in 2016 to oversee the building, ownership and operation of airports in Nuuk, Ilulissat, and Qaqortoq.

CityJet (WX, Dublin Int'l) will terminate own scheduled operations on October 27, 2018, following the transfer of its last route, Dublin Int'l-London City, to an ACMI service on behalf of Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int'l).

Under the terms of the agreement, CityJet will wet-lease two ARJ-85s to the IAG International Airlines Group Irish unit and operate 36x weekly roundtrips between Dublin and London City. Aer Lingus already operates 91x weekly to London Heathrow and 33x weekly to London Gatwick.

In 2015, CityJet announced that it would gradually transition to an ACMI-only airline and terminate its own scheduled operations. According to the ch-aviation capacity module, it currently also operates the seasonal London City-Florence Peretola route.

"In recent years we have transitioned CityJet from being an airline serving scheduled markets under its own brand into becoming a provider of capacity to customer airlines throughout Europe. We are delighted to now add Aer Lingus to our growing list of flying partners," CityJet CEO Pat Byrne said....