The trip from Newark to Nuuk this weekend was a sold-out flight and was one of the most followed flights on Flightradar24. — On this flight, everyone was talking; it was a sold-out flight, and there was an energy and an excitement on the plane, says Patrick Quayle of United Airlines.

The plane, United Airlines’ flight 80 from Newark Liberty International, taxied into Nuuk International Airport on Saturday at 6:35 p.m., while a crowd of Nuummiut stood gathered along the road to wave and warmly welcome the travelers. A true Greenlandic hospitality – a warm meeting between the local community and the foreign guests, who had just stepped into a unique, Arctic capital for them.

The plane, United Airlines’

– I’m really looking forward to going on a kayak trip and seeing ice in the fjord, trying the food and meeting people in town, because everyone is so welcoming and welcoming. I’m from Los Angeles, said one of the many passengers who got off the plane and were heading into the terminal, while Adam from Nashville, Tennessee, who has never been to Greenland before, was looking forward to meeting people in town and hiking in nature.

The plane, United Airlines’ flight 80 from Newark Liberty International, taxied into Nuuk International Airport on Saturday at 6:35 p.m., while a crowd of Nuummiut stood gathered along the road to wave and warmly welcome the travelers. A true Greenlandic hospitality – a warm meeting between the local community and the foreign guests, who had just stepped into a unique, Arctic capital for them.

The plane, United Airlines’Announcement

– I’m really looking forward to going on a kayak trip and seeing ice in the fjord, trying the food and meeting people in town, because everyone is so welcoming and welcoming. I’m from Los Angeles, said one of the many passengers who got off the plane and were heading into the terminal, while Adam from Nashville, Tennessee, who has never been to Greenland before, was looking forward to meeting people in town and hiking in nature.

– It was a great flight. United Airlines did a great job. I’m looking forward to meeting people in the city, because it’s my first trip here. I’m looking forward to seeing more of the beautiful landscape, which is very different and unique. I hear that the people are very hospitable and friendly, says Adam from Nashville.

Mother and daughter, Susan and Katie Marshall from New Jersey, have a tradition of traveling in June to celebrate their birthday in a country they have never experienced before. And the route to Nuuk, which will be inaugurated in the days surrounding their birthday, was just the thing for them, and mother Susan was quick to book tickets to Nuuk, where they will celebrate their birthday on June 16 and 17.

– My daughter would like to see a polar bear, says Susan.

– If I don’t see a polar bear on this trip, I’ll come back, says Katie.

United Airlines’ Vice President of Global Network Planning and Alliances, Patrick Quayle, was on the trip himself, and it was a very special experience for him.

– It was incredibly special. I’ve flown dozens of inaugural flights, but on this flight everyone was talking. It was a sold-out flight, and there was an energy and excitement in the plane. As we approached landing, we broke through the clouds and got a glimpse of Nuuk, the mountains and the ice. It was just amazing, says Patrick Quayle, who will be here for four days, where he will go on a boat trip and experience nature and eat all the good things from the sea.

The route opens up possibilities

Head of Mission Jacob Isbosethsen, who works in Washington D.C., had traveled to Newark Liberty International to help inaugurate the new route to Nuuk on behalf of Greenland.

He expressed that Greenland and North America are not strangers to each other, and that our ancestors have traveled and migrated from the Arctic regions of Alaska and Canada, crossing the ice with endurance and knowledge of wind and weather, as well as an indomitable spirit that still characterizes our society today, and wished United Airlines good luck with the route to Nuuk.

– We wish United Airlines all the best and look forward to receiving American tourists and for our compatriots to have the opportunity to travel west, says Jacob Isbosethsen.

At Nuuk International Airport, Naalakkersuisoq’s Minister for Business, Naaja H. Nathanielsen, welcomed the new route, which opens up new opportunities for the tourism sector.

– The route is really important for tourism because it opens up a whole new market, and that’s something we’re very interested in. Tourism has proven to be a great source of income for a lot of citizens, and we believe it can be for more. We need to diversify our economy.

– We can see that the gross value added in 2023 was 1.2 billion kroner and 1.1 billion kroner in 2024. We have a sector that in no way challenges our fishing, because it is still our most important industry, but tourism is actually starting to play a role, and it is something that we have been yearning for for many years, says Naaja H. Nathanielsen, who, together with, among others, the Consul General of the United States, Monica Bland, Kalaallit Airports’ Director Jens Lauridsen and United Airlines’ Patrick Quayle, cut a layer cake for the inauguration ceremony.

Most followed flight

United Airlines has chosen to open the route to Nuuk based on analysis, data and long-term trends and demand from their passengers who want to try a new place because they have already been to London, Paris, Rome and Madrid and many other places. Now they have opened new routes to Madeira, Bilbao and Nuuk.

– Although they are very different, they attract the same person – someone who has previously traveled to the big cities, but now wants to try something different, somewhere out in nature, says Patrick Quayle.

He explains that United Airlines plans to maintain the route until next year, as there is great interest in the route, and the first trip to Nuuk has attracted attention.

– There’s a flight tracker site called Flightradar24. Here you can see every plane in the air, and it shows how many people are following a particular flight. And while we were in the air — United flight 80 from New York, Newark to Nuuk — it was the most followed flight in the world, 5.5 times more than the next most followed. You see that on Air Force One, or when the Pope flies, but you never see that on a commercial flight, says Patrick Quayle.

– That says something about the interest Greenland creates in people. It’s not just people who travel themselves; it’s people who might be in Los Angeles, Mexico, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s people all over North America who are following along, he concludes.

The plane, United Airlines’ flight 80 from Newark Liberty International, taxied into Nuuk International Airport on Saturday at 6:35 p.m., while a crowd of Nuummiut stood gathered along the road to wave and warmly welcome the travelers. A true Greenlandic hospitality – a warm meeting between the local community and the foreign guests, who had just stepped into a unique, Arctic capital for them.

The plane, United Airlines’

– I’m really looking forward to going on a kayak trip and seeing ice in the fjord, trying the food and meeting people in town, because everyone is so welcoming and welcoming. I’m from Los Angeles, said one of the many passengers who got off the plane and were heading into the terminal, while Adam from Nashville, Tennessee, who has never been to Greenland before, was looking forward to meeting people in town and hiking in nature.

The plane, United Airlines’ flight 80 from Newark Liberty International, taxied into Nuuk International Airport on Saturday at 6:35 p.m., while a crowd of Nuummiut stood gathered along the road to wave and warmly welcome the travelers. A true Greenlandic hospitality – a warm meeting between the local community and the foreign guests, who had just stepped into a unique, Arctic capital for them.

The plane, United Airlines’Announcement

– I’m really looking forward to going on a kayak trip and seeing ice in the fjord, trying the food and meeting people in town, because everyone is so welcoming and welcoming. I’m from Los Angeles, said one of the many passengers who got off the plane and were heading into the terminal, while Adam from Nashville, Tennessee, who has never been to Greenland before, was looking forward to meeting people in town and hiking in nature.

– It was a great flight. United Airlines did a great job. I’m looking forward to meeting people in the city, because it’s my first trip here. I’m looking forward to seeing more of the beautiful landscape, which is very different and unique. I hear that the people are very hospitable and friendly, says Adam from Nashville.

Mother and daughter, Susan and Katie Marshall from New Jersey, have a tradition of traveling in June to celebrate their birthday in a country they have never experienced before. And the route to Nuuk, which will be inaugurated in the days surrounding their birthday, was just the thing for them, and mother Susan was quick to book tickets to Nuuk, where they will celebrate their birthday on June 16 and 17.

– My daughter would like to see a polar bear, says Susan.

– If I don’t see a polar bear on this trip, I’ll come back, says Katie.

United Airlines’ Vice President of Global Network Planning and Alliances, Patrick Quayle, was on the trip himself, and it was a very special experience for him.

– It was incredibly special. I’ve flown dozens of inaugural flights, but on this flight everyone was talking. It was a sold-out flight, and there was an energy and excitement in the plane. As we approached landing, we broke through the clouds and got a glimpse of Nuuk, the mountains and the ice. It was just amazing, says Patrick Quayle, who will be here for four days, where he will go on a boat trip and experience nature and eat all the good things from the sea.

The route opens up possibilities

Head of Mission Jacob Isbosethsen, who works in Washington D.C., had traveled to Newark Liberty International to help inaugurate the new route to Nuuk on behalf of Greenland.

He expressed that Greenland and North America are not strangers to each other, and that our ancestors have traveled and migrated from the Arctic regions of Alaska and Canada, crossing the ice with endurance and knowledge of wind and weather, as well as an indomitable spirit that still characterizes our society today, and wished United Airlines good luck with the route to Nuuk.

– We wish United Airlines all the best and look forward to receiving American tourists and for our compatriots to have the opportunity to travel west, says Jacob Isbosethsen.

At Nuuk International Airport, Naalakkersuisoq’s Minister for Business, Naaja H. Nathanielsen, welcomed the new route, which opens up new opportunities for the tourism sector.

– The route is really important for tourism because it opens up a whole new market, and that’s something we’re very interested in. Tourism has proven to be a great source of income for a lot of citizens, and we believe it can be for more. We need to diversify our economy.

– We can see that the gross value added in 2023 was 1.2 billion kroner and 1.1 billion kroner in 2024. We have a sector that in no way challenges our fishing, because it is still our most important industry, but tourism is actually starting to play a role, and it is something that we have been yearning for for many years, says Naaja H. Nathanielsen, who, together with, among others, the Consul General of the United States, Monica Bland, Kalaallit Airports’ Director Jens Lauridsen and United Airlines’ Patrick Quayle, cut a layer cake for the inauguration ceremony.

Most followed flight

United Airlines has chosen to open the route to Nuuk based on analysis, data and long-term trends and demand from their passengers who want to try a new place because they have already been to London, Paris, Rome and Madrid and many other places. Now they have opened new routes to Madeira, Bilbao and Nuuk.

– Although they are very different, they attract the same person – someone who has previously traveled to the big cities, but now wants to try something different, somewhere out in nature, says Patrick Quayle.

He explains that United Airlines plans to maintain the route until next year, as there is great interest in the route, and the first trip to Nuuk has attracted attention.

– There’s a flight tracker site called Flightradar24. Here you can see every plane in the air, and it shows how many people are following a particular flight. And while we were in the air — United flight 80 from New York, Newark to Nuuk — it was the most followed flight in the world, 5.5 times more than the next most followed. You see that on Air Force One, or when the Pope flies, but you never see that on a commercial flight, says Patrick Quayle.

– That says something about the interest Greenland creates in people. It’s not just people who travel themselves; it’s people who might be in Los Angeles, Mexico, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s people all over North America who are following along, he concludes.