67% of Icelanders trust in Boeing 737 MAX safety
Almost half of Icelanders (45%) consider Boeing 737 MAX as the safest aircraft compared to other passenger planes, while 22% believe it safe to fly on it. This is the…
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Icelandair sales and leaseback two Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
Icelandair press-release Icelandair Group has entered into an agreement with Titan Aircraft Investments, the joint venture between Titan Aviation Holdings and Bain Capital Credit, regarding the sale and leaseback of…
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Icelandair is performing the first commercial flight on 737 MAX since grounding
Early morning of 8.March Boeing 737 MAX 8 reg. TF-ICN took-off with the passengers from Keflavik (ICAO: BIKF). This is the first scheduled flight of Icelandair since the grounding of…
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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…
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Photo and video: Icelandair first landing in Antarctica on Boeing 767
Icelandair crew have performed the first-ever landing in Antarctica on Boeing 767. The plane with registration TF-ISN has delivered the scientists of Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) from the research center…
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Icelandair departs to the South Pole first time on Boeing 767
Icelandair Boeing 767-300 TF-ISN has departed from Keflavik to Cape Town, where the plane will refuel on its way to Antarctica, as ICE1010 today, 24.February, at 18:09UTC . This is…
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Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX came back to Iceland from Spain
Icelandair ferried Boeing 737 MAX 8 back to Iceland from temporary shelter in Spain. In October 2019 the part of Icelandair’s MAX fleet had flown to Spain for reservation after…
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Isavia hires the new director of aviation security at Keflavík Airport
Isavia press-release Auður Ýr Sveinsdóttir has been hired as the director of aviation security at Keflavík Airport. For the past four years, she has been the Deputy CEO of the…
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Michele Ballarin announced the launch of WOW air flights in 2021. However, there is no evidence for this
Michele Ballarin is also known as Michele Roosevelt Edwards got the spotlight of the TV program “Kveikur” on Icelandic channel RÚV this week. The journalists Ingólfur Bjarni Sigfússon and Ingvar…
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RNSA: Icing caused taxiway excursion of Bluebird Nordic Boeing 737 in Keflavik
Icelandic Transport Accident Investigation Agency RNSA says slippery surface caused the minor incident in Keflavik airport in morning 6.January 2021, MBL reported. Bluebird Nordic Boeing 737-400SF with registration TF-BBJ was…
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