Airports – Page 2

Keflavik airport terminal // Source: Isavia

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Keflavik expects up to 8 million passengers in 2024

Isavia’s new summary of the possible number of passengers at Keflavík Airport over the next three years shows that if the most optimistic forecasts come true, more passengers could pass…

SAS airlines Boeing 767-383ER reg. LN-RCE ("Aase Viking") refuelling in Keflavik before return to Europe because of the closure of New York airpsace on 11 September 2001 // Srouce: Ásgeir Sigurðsson

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Keflavik airport on 11.September 2001

20 years ago on Tuesday, 11.September 2001 dozens of planes were flying across the Atlantic between Europe and America. After the crash of the hijacked aircraft in World Trade Center…

Isavia HQ in Reykjavik airport // Source: Isavia

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Icelandic Air Traffic Controllers prepare five strikes

A proposal for five independent strikes was approved by a large majority among air traffic controllers at a meeting yesterday morning, MBL reported. The results of the referendum were presented…

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Air traffic controllers fired on suspicion of rape

Two air traffic controllers have been fired from Isavia’s subsidiary, Isavia ANS, on suspicion of raping a student in air traffic control, Visir reported. The two men were fired last…

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10 000 passengers in one day passed through Keflavík Airport first time for the last 15 monts

Isavia press-release On Saturday, July 3, 10,580 people passed through Keflavík Airport. So many passengers have not passed through the airport in one day since March 13, 2020, or just…

Runway in Egilsstaðir airport // Source: Isavia

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Egilsstaðir Airport gets new asphalt on runway and taxiways

Hlaðbær Colas had received the only offer for asphalting the runway of Egilsstaðir Airport, despite the tender was advertised in the European Economic Area since May, AusturFrétt reported. The offer…

The construction site in Keflavik airport // Source: Víkufréttir

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Isavia opens 1 000 new jobs at the construction site in Keflavik airport in the summer of 2021

The ISK 12 billion increase in the state’s share capital in Isavia will ensure manpower-intensive construction in the coming months, the CEO of Isavia Sveinbjörn Indriðason told Víkurfréttir. About one…

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Isavia opens second VFR route from Reykjavik to Fagradalsfjall eruption

The new VFR route will be established for scenic flights, departing from Reykjavik’s capital airport (ICAO: BIRK) to the site of the volcanic eruption near the mountain Fagradalsfjall. The route…

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Isavia ends 2020 with ISK 13.2 billion deficit

The Icelandic national airport operator and air traffic control provider Isavia Group after the 2020 year has got deficit in the budget by ISK 13.2 billion after taxes (USD 103,2…

Eyjafjallajökull eruption 2010 from LHG Bombardier Dash 8 Q300MSA reg. TF-SIF // Source: Landhelgisgæsla Íslands

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A volcanic eruption is expected in Iceland within the hours. How it will affect cross-Atlantic flights?

The volcanic pre-eruption activity had started at 14:20UTC 3.March beneath the surface of the Reykjanes peninsula, the area where the main international Icelandic airport Keflavik (ICAO: BIKF) is situated. The…