The capital’s new airport has been opened, two more are in the making, and expectations are high: the Americans are coming to Greenland.
On Thursday, the first ever international flight into Nuuk, the most populous settlement on the autonomous Danish territory, landed to cheers on the ground and in the cabin of Air Greenland flight GL781 where passengers were served miniature bottles of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.
The flight took off from Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and it was a sufficiently historic moment for Denmark’s foreign minister to be onboard. It was also a precursor to what could be a more significant development.
From June, United Airlines will run a nonstop, four-hour flight from Newark Liberty international airport…
