Airports – Page 3

The concept view of the future terminal building in Akureyri airport // Source: Thorvaldur Ludvik Sigurjonsson

2 min

Funding has been secured for the terminal and apron extension in Akureyri airport

Funding has been secured for an extension of Akureyri airport, Vikublaðið reported with reference to Independence Party parliament member Njál Trausti Friðbertsson. Construction work on the first phase of the…

Norlandair DHC-6 Twin Otter reg. TF- NLD in Akureyri // Source: Einar Þór Óttarsson

View Post

8 min

Smári McCarthy: About domestic air transport and forms of operation in Iceland

Smári McCarthy, member of Pirate Party in the parliament of Iceland, PPL holder Translation: Andrei MensheninCover photo: Einar Þór Óttarsson The board of directors of ferry line Herjólfur recently laid…

View Post

2 min

Isavia explains the dismissal of 133 employees by COVID-19

Isavia press-release Since the Covid 19 epidemic began in Iceland, Isavia has taken extensive action that affects all areas of the company due to the contraction in flights to and…

ACE FBO in Reykjavik // Source: Facbebook page of ACE FBO

View Post

1 min

ACE FBO and Global Fuel have to pay 6 million ISK because of ACE Handling bankruptcy

In addition, the two companies, which are owned by Hilmar Ágúst Hilmarsson, are also ordered to pay legal costs of 1.6 million ISK, Frettablaðið reported. The companies hit the news…

The first post-COVID airshow in Akureyri // Source: Flugblogg

View Post

5 min

What was at the first post-COVID air show in Iceland. And the biggest in the world so far

Early sunny morning Air Iceland Connect Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 TF-FXK took off from runway 01 of Reykjavik airport and started to climb FL210 towards Akureyri. “I hope this kind…

View Post

1 min

Six airlines will fly from Keflavik after 15.June

Isavia has launched a new page on the company’s website providing the latest information on the airlines that will fly to and from Keflavík Airport after 15 of June. According…

View Post

1 min

The European Investment Bank approved ISK 6.3 billion drawdown for Isavia

Isavia press-release The European Investment Bank has agreed to Isavia’s drawdown of EUR 40 million (ISK 6.3 billion). The amount in question is the final drawdown on a loan amounting…

Inside Leif Erikson terminal in Keflavik airport // Source: Isavia

View Post

2 min

No summer jobs in Isavia this year, 30 people were dismissed in Duty Free in Keflavik

Isavia press-release There are no summer jobs in Isavia this year due to the impact of COVID-19. This is in addition to the measures taken at the end of March…

Geitamels flugvöllur // Source: Wikimedia

View Post

2 min

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…

Eyjafjallajökull eruption 2010 from the plane // Source: Flightseeing.is

View Post

2 min

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…