Iceland – Greenland flights set to continue over winterIceland’s biggest domestic carrier, Air Iceland, is set to increase its Greenland service by offering flights to three Greenlandic towns all year round, RUV reports. Trade between Iceland and Greenland has been increasing fast and Air Iceland feels confident that year-round services to Nuuk, Kulusuk and Constable Point will prove viable. Until now, Air Iceland has run services, primarily for tourists, to five Greenlandic destinations in summertime only. There has been great demand for flights in winter, as there is a rapidly increasing flow of Icelandic developers and engineers to Greenland and Greenlandic medical patients to Iceland. Aside from Iceland, Greenland’s only international flight connection is to Copenhagen. Iceland is therefore proving a popular stopover hub for Greenlanders travelling further afield – especially to North America, as a stop in Copenhagen is a long way off route. Air Iceland is mostly known for its domestic flights within Iceland, but it also flies to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. 25,000 passengers used Air Iceland’s Greenland services last year and company CEO Arni Gunnarsson expects that number to rise with the addition of winter flights. He said that there are many new opportunities in Greenland; not only the presence of Icelandic construction and engineering companies in Greenland and Greenlandic medical trips to Iceland. He also said that Greenland is purchasing more and more of its essential imports from Iceland; goods like fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products, spare parts, flowers and many other time sensitive goods which need to be transported by air.