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Öræfajökull view from Icelandair Boeing 757-200 Hekla Aurora reg. TF-FIU // Source: Hannes Valdi Stefánsson

Icelandic exodus. How Icelandair evacuates people from Tenerife and Las Palmas

Icelandair together with travel agents VITA, Ferðaskrifstofa Íslands, and Heimsferðir started the evacuation of Icelanders, who were on their vacation on Tenerife and Las Palmas. The first three planes had…

Icelandair Ground Services in Keflavik // Source: IGS.is

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“Don’t know how to pay for the rent”. Icelandair Group suddenly cancelled training for summer jobs

“I was going to be hired by the company for the summer but that’s not gonna happen”, wrote Flugblogg’s reader, who asked not to mention his name. He was going…

Icelandair Boeing 767 reg. TF-ISW, departing from Keflavik // Source: Roman Savin

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Icelandair has decreased capacity by 30% and expects 25% decrease for the summer 2020

Icelandair press-release During recent days the Company has adjusted capacity of up to 30%. It is likely that the capacity will be reduced even further while such extensive travel restrictions…

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 reg. TF-FIS with National Geographic livery in Keflavik // Source: Martin Zakis

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Icelandair luxury “National Geographic” plane has performed low pass over Reykjavik with tourists on board

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 reg. TF-FIS has performed a low pass over Reykjavik downtown in the afternoon 14 of March. The plane was visible from the ground as low as 500…

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Icelandair asked its employees to take an unpaid vacation

Icelandair has suggested to all its employees to take an unpaid vacation or to use parental leave for the period up to several months as a reaction to the loss…

The mountain Adams near Washington, the US, could be seen from Icelandair Boeing 757-200, performing flight ICE662 from Portland (KPDX) to Keflavik (BIKF) // Source: Ólafur Gunnarsson

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Travel ban to the US affects 27% of Icelandair flights

Icelandair planned 509 flights between the United States and Iceland while announcing a 30-day ban on US President Donald Trump’s entry into force under Isavia’s flight plan. The ban is…

"Space view" during a regular flight on Icelandair Boeing 757 // Source: Tomasz Wilisowski

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Icelandair expresses uncertainty due to coronavirus

Icelandair press-release Due to measures taken throughout the world to mitigate the possible expansion of the COVID-19 virus, the demand for international travel in certain areas has decreased from what…

Pristina International Airport in Kosovo

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How Iceland will develop airspace in Kosovo

Iceland and Kosovo signed a framework agreement concerning the management of the lower airspace from ground level to flight level FL205 over Kosovo (management of airspace above FL205 has been…

Departure of WOW air Airbus A321 from Sheremetyevo, Moscow during World Cup 2018 on 17.06.18 // Source: Sergey Popkov

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WOW air opens office in Italy

The project of relaunch Icelandic low-cost airline WOW air is growing with new offices beyond Iceland. USAerospace Partners, lead by the American ideologist of reincarnation of bankrupted airline Michele Roosevelt…

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Keflavik will serve 19 routes less at summer 2020 compare to previous year

Icelandair and other airlines did not manage to replace WOW air at all routes in summer schedule 2020 after the bankruptcy of the airline in March 2019, reported by Kristján…

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