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Iceland will spend 200 mln ISK to research the place for a new Reykjavik airport

  • Andrei Menshenin
  • February 8, 2020
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The Mini­ster of Tran­sport, Sig­ur­d­ur Ingi Jó­hanns­son, presented to the Go­vern­ment an agreement with the City of Reykja­vik on rese­arch into the possi­bility of build­ing a new the airport in Hvassa­hraun, the territory to the west of Hafn­ar­fjörður, Morg­un­blaðið reported.

When the parties’ agreement was announced last fall, it was su­bj­ect to the app­roval of the go­vern­ment and city council. Now it is done.

The agreement me­ans that the parties will each contri­bu­te 100 milli­on Icelandic krona (793 000 US dollars, 724 000 euro (by Islandsbanki), 200 milli­on (1,5 mln US dollars, 1,4 mln euro) in total, to fund rese­arch over the next two ye­ars.

As it was earlier mentioned in Eurocontrol report, Icelandair requests the construction of a new airport closer to Reykavik that would operate both international and domestic flights. Currently, Keflavik is used for international flights whereas Reykjavik, 50 km away is used for domestic ones. Icelandair argues that shifting domestic flights to congested Keflavik is not feasible and that a second airport could be built allowing Reykjavik to be closed. Icelandair is the biggest airline at Keflavik and also the owner of Air Iceland, the biggest domestic airline. The Icelandic government currently investigates weather and flight conditions in Hvassahraun, the site chosen for the new airport.

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