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December 2, 2015 10:03 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Loftleiđir
Upon returning from flying lessons in Canada, Icelandic pilot Alfred Eliasson and a few of his fellow training partners decided to start a private airline to compete with the current national carrier, Flugfélag Íslands. Eliasson’s airline, named Loftleiđir, started service…
July 19, 2015 1:19 pm ET -
TRIP REPORT: Icelandair Back to the United States
Flight: FI 647 Route: KEF ✈︎ IAD Flight Time: 10:30am Aircraft: B757-200 Service Class: Economy Over the course of our trip, we had traveled to eight countries and flown on many airlines ranging from low-cost carriers to business class with Etihad. Yet…
July 16, 2015 10:12 am ET -
Air Iceland Adds the Q400 to Its Fleet
Air Iceland has joined Icelandair Group’s fleet renewal process. Air Iceland has started the renewal with an order for three Bombardier Q400s. The Q400s are expected to replace the carriers current Fokker F50s that have been part of the airline…
May 13, 2015 8:00 pm ET -
Icelandair Announces Latest U.S. Route to Chicago
Icelandair, the quickly growing one-stop carrier based in Reykjavik, has announced its latest expansion to the United States to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). The flights will begin service in March of 2016 with four weekly roundtrips between Chicago and…
March 26, 2015 12:00 am ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Iceland Express
Iceland Express was a discounted carrier that was based in Keflavik, Iceland with the purpose of giving Icelanders an alternate low-cost carrier besides the nation’s flag carrier Icelandair. Formed by the parent company Northern Travel Holdings in 2002, the airline…