Icelandair lays off 2000 employees
Icelandair press-release The COVID-19 pandemic is having a severe impact on the aviation and travel industries with continued uncertainty for the unforeseeable future. To respond to the situation, Icelandair Group…
Play airline secures 1.4 billion ISK for take-off next winter
The airline Play is in process of securing long-term funding and plans to begin formal operations next winter, according to Mannlíf sources. The amount of secured funding is 1.4 billion…
The secret of the undesignated airport in the south of Iceland with 3 km runway
At the beginning of February 2020, there was a discussion in Iceland about the possibility to built a substitute for Keflavik airport in the south of Iceland. These talks included…
Icelandair will redesign three of its Boeing 767 for cargo flights from Shanghai to Chicago through Iceland
Icelandair press-release Icelandair Group and DB Schenker have signed an agreement regarding 45 cargo flights between Shanghai in China and Munich in Germany, transporting medical equipment for health care providers…
How Eyjafjallajökull banned all flights in Europe. Exactly 10 years ago
The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull 10 years ago led to a ban on flights over Europe. Although the Icelandic FIR was not closed for transit traffic, and the Keflavik airport continued to…
Icelandic government will pay 13 million ISK subsidies to Air Iceland Connect for flights to Isafjörður and Egilsstaðir
The authorities have agreed with the airline Air Iceland Connect on regular flights to Egilsstaðir and Ísafjörður until 5 May, RÚV reported with reference to the Icelandic government website. Maximum…
Isavia receives 4 billion ISK from the state budget to ensure the development of Keflavik
Government of Iceland press-release The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has decided to increase the share capital of Icelandic national airport operator and ATC provider Isavia with 4 billion…
Icelandair is sending a plane to China for medical supplies
UPD (10:00Z 8.April): Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER reg. TF-ISW has departed from Keflavik as ICE1720 with 1-hour delay. Information officer of Icelandair Ásdís Pétursdóttir told Morgunblaðið, the plane will deliver in…
RNSA: Icelandair Boeing 757-200 experienced gear collapse in Keflavik because of too big nut
RNSA (ITSB) found the cause of the accident with Icelandair Boeing 757-200 reg. TF-FIA, which had happened in Keflavik airport 7 of February 2020, says the preliminary report of the…
Passengers in Keflavik decreased by 26% in 2019, Isavia profit dropped by 3.1 bln ISK
Isavia press-release Despite a considerable reduction in tourists last year, the Isavia Group’s profit in 2019 was positive by ISK 1.2 billion after taxes, which is a decrease of ISK…