Final callouts for WOW air: 22-26 March
Since Friday evening 22. March, WOW air is urgently looking for a financial source to keep flying. After cancelling negotiations with Indigo Partners and a refusal of Icelandair group, the…
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What is the hidden upgrade for the Icelandic Coast Guard
The newest helicopters for Icelandic Coast Guard look identically as previous. The main differences are hidden from eyes under shiny metal. Flugblogger has looked inside and found out what Icelandic…
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How Circle Air expands with rotary-wing rounds
North Iceland based charter and Tours Company Circle Air is expanding its service. On the way to its goal, they made an agreement with Austrian- based helicopter lessor Heli-Austria. Flugblogger…
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Back to the future. Why Keflavik paxflow drops to the lowest in two years (updated 22.february)
After the record paxflow in 2018, Keflavik faces disappointment. Fewer passengers in the main Icelandic airport will affect tourism in Iceland, which became the main country´s industry for the past…
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Most impressive aviation photos 2018
The 2018 year was interesting and full of events for aviation in Iceland. Here we present complex view on major events from aviators point of view through the photos contributed…
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How “DC3 Þristavinir” rescue the plane
The last flying Icelandic DC-3 could be ruined in days when a group of aviation enthusiasts rallied around the plane. They convinced the state-owner to let them take care of…
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One story for two: the pilot and the airplane
There are two veterans going to face anniversary together. Both were born during World War II, one in Iceland and second in the US. They had met in 1962, flew…
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New wings for the “Eagle”
Icelandic regional airline “Eagle Air” has put its Dornier 328 on commercial flights for the first time. This is the biggest aircraft for the whole history of the private company,…
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How helicopters tours in Reykjavik were chilled by coldest summer
The summer of 2018 in Reykjavik was officially named the coldest one for the past century. Gloomy weather became another bad factor for Icelandic tourism, together with strengthening krona and…
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Reykjavik Airshow 2018 from the top: new aircrafts, banned militaries and rain
After 3 months of postponing the airshow finally has happened in Reykjavik. Crouching through nasty forecasts of the coldest Icelandic summer for past 100 years, the event brought most part…
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