Icelandair has reported seeing a 7 per cent rise in passenger numbers year-on-year for January. Last month, the Icelandic flag carrier welcomed 225,000 travellers aboard its aircraft - an increase on its figures compared to January 2023. The data also shows 31 per cent of passengers that flew ...

SSP, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations has secured a contract to open two new units at Keflavik International Airport in Reykjavik, Iceland in spring 2023, which will extend SSP’s global presence to 36 countries once operational. Sense of place was a vital crit...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on both the Danish and Icelandic Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to revoke the planned increases in air traffic charges set to come into effect on 1 January 2023. On average, the fees paid by airlines for crossing the airspace mana...

Thai Vietjet today announced the launch of a new virtual interline service developed in partnership with Icelandic technology provider Dohop. The platform allows Thai Vietjet passengers to purchase airline tickets to airports across global destinations in one seamless transaction. Dohop’s AP...

New low-cost Icelandic airline PLAY is launching its first flights to the UK with the inaugural service set to depart on 24 June. Initial services will run four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the intention ultimately to make it a daily service. The airline will u...

By Nicholas Vitolano, airwaysmag.com Icelandic-based PLAY has moved closer to the start of operations following approval for gate slots at London Stansted (STN), Gatwick (LGW), and Dublin (DUB). The proposed low-cost-carrier (LCC) was first expected to take to the skies this year but is now proj...

A new Icelandic low cost airline has today announced its name as PLAY. PLAY consists of people with a wide range of experience from the aviation industry from airlines such as WOW air and Air Atlanta. The CEO of PLAY is Arnar Már Magnusson. Iceland ice during the sunset PLAY flies wit...

CEO Bogi Nils Bogason stated (31-Oct-2019) the carrier's 3Q2019 results show improvements in underlying operations "Despite the unprecedented impact of the suspension of the MAX aircraft", adding its route network flexibility allowed optimisation of its flight schedule by "shifting our focus toward...

Icelandair is terminating its US services to Kansas City and San Francisco next year as part of a network restructuring. The airline is citing "commercial reasons" as to why it is discontinuing its Boeing 757-200s on the Kansas City route and 767-300ERs to San Francisco flight options. “Iâ€...

European Union (EU), Norwegian, and Icelandic officials have scrapped restrictions on foreign airlines leasing aircraft and crews from US carriers- after signing an agreement that allows US carriers to seek wet lease services to European carriers. The U.S. Transportation Department in a statemen...

Latvian airline airBaltic has extended the operating season of routes from Riga to Athens and Riga to Reykjavik. Flights to Reykjavik (Iceland) will now run until 31 January, 2020 and restart on 3 March, 2020, while services to Athens (Greece) will continue until 1 December, 2019 and restart on ...

Icelandair has made further changes to its flight schedule until 15 September 2019 due to suspension of Boeing 737 Max as the number of passengers to Iceland continues to increase. To minimise the impact on its passengers, Icelandair has already added three leased aircraft to its fleet for the s...

Wow Air has become the latest airline to go under after it failed secure funding from investors just over a week since the low-cost carrier saw two negotiations with potential partners fall through. The Iceland-based airline gave a brief statement which said: "Wow Air has ceased operation. All Wo...

Cash-strapped Iceland low-cost carrier Wow Air bondholders have approved the conversion of their debt to equity only days after two potential investors pulled out of talks. This follows the announcement on 24 March by the airline when it said it was in advanced discussions with bondholders about vo...

The future of Wow Air looks uncertain after Icelandair Group ended discussions with the low-cost carrier after a day or two of them restarting. Wow Air had entered talks with Icelandair Group on 20 March after previous potential investor Indigo Partners pulled out of investment negotiations the d...