Table 6

Passenger Transport

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 

Number

Ship passengers, total

92.544

88.255

93.285

90.527

83.877

88.901

91.230

43.448

23.528

28.629

19.825

From town to town

55.537

53.425

56.438

56.442

54.172

59.416

58.310

41.536

18.745

21.684

19.825

Between towns and settlements, total

37.007

34.830

36.847

34.085

29.705

29.485

32.920

1.912

4.783

6.945

 

- Southern Region

20.445

19.715

21.729

17.489

13.952

17.610

14.077

798

59

71

347

- Central Region

4.232

4.054

4.144

2.897

2.661

1.738

2.565

791

2.270

3.136

5.260

- Northern Region

11.066

9.976

10.069

12.756

11.652

9.221

15.248

323

15

11

9

- Eastern Region

1.264

1.085

905

943

1.440

916

1.030

560

997

668

Airliners and helicopters, total

279.097

305.420

306.050

314.657

307.412

324.037

340.794

392.226

412.112

432.067

417.396

Airliners, domestic

184.740

208.388

219.074

221.687

217.005

229.252

237.488

232.995

246.276

266.617

259.738

Airliners, international

47.982

49.798

48.794

50.602

49.354

50.644

59.371

66.132

74.237

76.068

69.677

Helicopters

46.375

47.234

38.182

42.368

41.053

44.141

43.935

93.099

91.599

89.382

87.981

Note: The numbers of helicopter passengers for 1999-2005 do not include the helicopter passengers from airports.

Note: Only Royal Arctic Bygdeservice Ltd has provided figures for the southern and eastern regions whereas the totals between towns and settlements have been provided by both Royal Arctic Bygdeservice Ltd and Arctic Umiaq Line Ltd.

Note: KNI was in charge of settlement transports from 1 January 2006 through 31 March 2007. Therefore Royal Arctic Bygdeservice Ltd is the only provider of data from 1 April 2007.

Sources: Arctic Umiaq Line Ltd, Royal Arctic Bygdeservice Ltd, the Airport Authority of Greenland