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Eagle Air JetStream 32 (reg. TF-ORG and TF-ORC) in hangar of Reykjavik airport // Source: Flugblogg

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Eagle Air has sold Jetstream 32 TF-ORG to New Zealand and now has to deliver it there

Icelandic regional airline Eagle Air (Flugfélagið Ernir) has sold one of its four Jetstreams 32 with registration TF-ORG to New Zealand. As Flugblogg reported in September 2019, the CEO of…

Astral Aviation (Air Atlanta Icelandic) Boeing 747-400 reg. TF-AMU excursed runway in Doncaster airport // Source: Avherald.com

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Icelandic cargo plane experienced runway excursion in the UK airport

Air Atlanta Icelandic cargo plane Boeing 747-48EF with tail number TF-AMU has experienced runway excursion in Doncaster airport, UK, after landing. No injures reported. The plane performed Astral Aviation flight 8B-2601…

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

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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…

Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER reg. TF-ISW in Keflavik airport // Source: Ívan Elís

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Icelandair delivered 6 times more passengers in June than in May

Icelandair press-release The operations of Icelandair Group were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic although some travel restrictions were lifted in the second half of the month and Icelandair started…

The new Airbus H225 with registration TF-GNA in Norway // Source: Icelandic Coast Guard

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Icelandic Coast Guard is expecting the third Airbus H225 later in 2020

In Stavanger, Norway, Heli-One employees are preparing a new helicopter for the Icelandic Coast Guard fleet. This is225 Airbus H225, similar to the two rented helicopters of the Coast Guard.…

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 #TFISL, grounded today in Keflavik due to COVID-19 // Source: Emil Georgsson

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Icelandair has refunded 50 000 of the 90 000 bookings, cancelled due to COVID-19

More than 40,000 refund requests are still pending in Icelandair, according to Morgunblaðið and Icelandair’s information officer Ásdís Ýr Pétursdóttir. “We have been reimbursing the flights, but this will of…

The crack in the windshield of Air Iceland Connect Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 TF-FXI // Source: RÚV (Bozena Teresa Bial)

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Air Iceland Connect Bomradier Dash 8 diverted because of crack in the windshield

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 reg. TF-FXI, performing Air Iceland Connect flight FXI328 from Reykjavik capital airport to Egilsstaðir in the morning 27 of June, has diverted to the airport of…

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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…

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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…

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 reg. TF-FIU "Hekla Aurora" in Keflavik airport in April 2020 // Source: Brynjar Hauksson

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Icelandair traffic in April: minus 99% of passengers on international flights

Icelandair press-release In April 2020, the operations of Icelandair Group were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent travel restrictions around the world that resulted in an extreme…