Rise in the number of passengers
The last count of passenger before the national and international COVID-19 travel-bans showed a rise of 6.2 pct. in the number of passengers on scheduled flights from the six international airports. This accounted to an increase of 481 passengers compared to the same period last year.
Table 1. Number of passengers on scheduled flights in January and February, 2018-2020
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Kangerlussuaq ..................... |
7,236 |
7,089 |
7,599 |
|
Nuuk ............................... |
480 |
480 |
368 |
|
Kulusuk ............................ |
109 |
56 |
91 |
|
Ilulissat ............................ |
55 |
18 |
35 |
|
Nerlerit inaat ...................... |
85 |
78 |
109 |
|
Narsarsuaq ........................ |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total ............................... |
8,015 |
7,721 |
8,202 |
Statistics Greenland - table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tueupax
Source: Greenland Airports.
Passengers on chartered and scheduled flights
Due to a technical glitch in Kangerlussuaq, there have been a large part of the passengers in January and February whom are of unknown origin.
In January and February of 2020, a total of 8,274 passengers departed from the six international airports on scheduled and chartered flights, compared to the same period last year, this is an increase of 452 passengers.
Figure 1. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights in January and February, 2018-2020
Statistics Greenland- table on Statbank:bank.stat.gl/tuefly
Source: Greenland Airports.
Table 2. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights by country of residence, January and February, 2018-2020
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
|
Greenland ...................... |
3,401 |
3,364 |
2,395 |
|
Denmark ........................ |
3,107 |
2,698 |
2,052 |
|
Foreign countries .............. |
819 |
700 |
663 |
|
N/A ............................. |
704 |
1,060 |
3,164 |
|
Total ............................ |
8,031 |
7,822 |
8,274 |
Statistics Greenland - table on Statbank:bank.stat.gl/tuefly
Source: Greenland Airports.
Among the passengers under “foreign countries”, the figure below shows the distribution by country of residence.
Figure 2. Share of foreign passengersdistributed by country of residence in January and February, 2019-2020
Statistics Greenland - table on Statbank:bank.stat.gl/tuefly
Source: Greenland Airports.