Icelandair introduced flights between Reykjavik and Gdansk on Friday 18 September, marking its entry into the Polish market. The 2,525-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. It will compete directly against 3-weekly Wizz Air rotations. Flight FI552 departs Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport at 07:20 local time, […]
September 28, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair plays a critical role in travel to, from, in and through Iceland. International flights are from Keflavik, while all domestic flights are from Reykjavík Airport, which is very close to the centre of the capital. While it varies by month, almost half of passengers flying the country’s flag carrier connect to another flight in […]
March 3, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Serving Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, and the wider country generally, Keflavik welcomed 8.33 million passengers in 2024. It was the highest volume since 2018. Between January and August 2025, 5.76 million passengers were transported. Of these, nearly three in four passengers were local, whether originating in Iceland or elsewhere. Keflavik benefited from the start of WestJet […]
Icelandair inaugurated flights between Reykjavik and Edinburgh on Friday 12 September. The 1,390-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline will compete against Icelandic LCC PLAY, which also runs 3-weekly flights between the two cities. Icelandair had initially planned to operate Edinburgh on a […]
September 16, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Halifax is the capital of the Eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is the largest city and the economic heart of Atlantic Canada. Halifax Stanfield International Airport is located closer to Dublin than it is to Vancouver. In 2024, the airport welcomed just shy of four million passengers, which was comfortably its best year […]
Icelandair commenced flights between Reykjavik and Istanbul IST on 5 September. Despite launching on a Friday, the route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays from the Icelandic capital, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The flag carrier is the only airline to link the two cities. Frequencies will grow to up to 4-weekly […]
September 10, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair introduced a new domestic service between Reykjavik RKV and Hofn in southeast Iceland on Monday 1 September. The 380-kilometre service will be maintained 5-weekly, each day except Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the 37-seat Dash 8-200 aircraft. The carrier is the sole operator between the two, with the route maintained as a public service obligation. […]
September 2, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Nashville is the USA’s 23rd busiest airport in Q3 2025 (July-September) based on available capacity. According to Cirium schedule information, its airlines plan 4.6 million one-way seats, up 12% year-on-year and 59% compared to the pre-pandemic Q3 2019. Nashville is among the USA’s fastest-growing cities and airports. The arrival of two new long-haul carriers has […]
April 23, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Icelandair introduced a new seasonal transatlantic service on Thursday 10 April between Reykjavik and Nashville. The 5,215-kilometere service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Flight FI825 departs Reykjavik’ Keflavik airport at 17:10 local time, arriving in […]
April 16, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair introduced flights between Reykjavik and Lisbon on Friday 11 October. The 2-weely 2,940-kilometre service will be maintained on Mondays and Fridays with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline will complete against PLAY’s 2-weekly rotation on the route. Icelandair has signed a codeshare agreement with TAP Portugal, which includes several points in Europe, South […]
October 17, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair carried almost 4.3 million passengers in 2023 – more than half of the country’s total – with an 80% load factor. Some 55% of the carrier’s passengers were point-to-point to/from Iceland, 38% connected in Keflavik and 7% flew within the country. According to Planespotters.net, Icelandair has 47 aircraft (passenger and freighters combined) that it […]
September 23, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Icelandair expanded its Canada network with the introduction of seasonal flights between Reykjavik and Halifax on Friday 31 May. The 3,305-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft until 14 October. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Flight FI607 departs Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport […]
June 6, 2024 | Latest Route News +