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• David Kaminski-Morrow
Greenland has opened a new airport at Ilulissat, replacing an 845-meter runway with a 2,200-meter strip capable of accommodating larger aircraft. Air Greenland’s A330-800 Tuukkaq made the airport’s inaugural widebody arrival on Oct. 29, as the opening completes a wider expansion of the territory’s airport network.
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Greenland has opened a new airport at Ilulissat, replacing an 845-meter runway with a 2,200-meter strip capable of accommodating larger aircraft. Air Greenland’s A330-800 Tuukkaq made the airport’s inaugural widebody arrival on Oct. 29, as the opening completes a wider expansion of the territory’s airport network.
International operations at Cox’s Bazar are scheduled to start in early November, when Biman Bangladesh Airlines adds a stop at the airport to its regular Dhaka–Muscat service. The route will be operated with a Boeing 777-300ER, opening the coastal airport to scheduled international traffic.
Emirates is presenting new accessibility concepts spanning the airport, lounge and aircraft cabin, while expanding existing support at Dubai International Airport. The initiative puts passenger accessibility across multiple stages of travel in focus, though the available report does not specify the concepts or the scope of the expanded support.
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