PLAY has entered the Canadian market with the launch of its new daily service between Reykjavik and Hamilton near Toronto on Thursday 22 June. The 4,240-kilometre route will be maintained with the 214-seat A321neo. The LCC faces no competition between the two cities. Flight OG201 departs from Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport at 15:20 local time, arriving in […]
June 29, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Delta introduced a new seasonal service between Detroit and Reykjavik on Monday 15 May, becoming its third route between the US and Iceland’s capital after New York JFK and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The 4,495-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the 193-seat 757 aircraft. It will compete directly against Icelandair, […]
May 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Icelandic carrier PLAY has introduced flights from its Reykjavik hub to Washington IAD on Wednesday 26 April. The 4,505-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the A320neo aircraft, The airline competes against Icelandair’s daily service between the two cities, operated by its 737 MAX fleet. Washington IAD is the fourth new route introduced into PLAY’s network […]
April 28, 2023 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) launched a new seasonal service between Reykjavik and Warsaw WAW on Monday 3 April as it continues to expand operations this summer with a total of twelve new routes. The Icelandic carrier will maintain the 2-weekly 2,815-kilometre service on Mondays and Fridays, with its A320neo aircraft. The LCC will compete directly against […]
April 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) now connects Reykjavik with Stockholm ARN on a seasonal summer basis. The 2,150-kilometre route launched on Friday 31 March. Flights will operate 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 214-seat A321neo. PLAY will compete directly against rival Icelandair and its 8-weekly service between the two cities. Stockholm ARN becomes the LCC’s second destination […]
April 3, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Iceland’s PLAY recently announced four new routes from Reykjavik starting this summer. Three are in Denmark (Aalborg, Aarhus and Billund) and one is in Germany (Düsseldorf). This brings to 11 the number of new routes the airline currently plans to launch in 2023. The complete list is (weekly frequency at launch in brackets): Geneva on […]
January 10, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
PLAY (IATA code OG) now connects Reykjavik with Liverpool. The 1,635-kilometre route launched on Friday 7 October. Flights will operate 2-weekly with a second service on Mondays. The route is not flown by any other carrier. This makes Liverpool the airline’s second destination in the UK as it already serves London STN. Nearby Manchester is […]
October 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair (IATA code FI) began not one, but two new routes on Wednesday 6 July. That day saw the launch of 2-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF to both Nice in the south of France and Rome FCO. The 2,940-kilometre Nice service will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays until 27 August. The 3,325-kilometre connection to the […]
July 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
PLAY launched its 13th new route this summer when it began daily service on 9 June from Reykjavik KEF to New York SWF. The 4,110-kilometre route will be flown using the airline’s A320neos and A321neos. New York SWF previously welcomed European flights from Norwegian between June 2017 and September 2019. During that time the carrier […]
June 16, 2022 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) continues to expand its presence across Europe’s airports. On Tuesday 24 May Brussels BRU welcomed 3-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF. The two other weekly services on the 2,150-kilometre route will take places on Thursdays and Saturdays using the airline’s A321s. A fourth frequency (on Wednesdays) is set to begin on 6 […]
June 1, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair (IATA code FI) has added Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina to its US network with the launch of a 4-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF on Thursday 11 May. The 4,850-kilometre route becomes the airline’s first new US route since the start of the pandemic and faces no direct competition. The new route will […]
May 19, 2022 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) has followed the launch of its first US service from Reykjavik KEF (to Baltimore/Washington, launched on 20 April) with its second US service, this time to Boston in the state of Massachusetts. The first flight (OG 111) was on Wednesday 11 May. The 3,880-kilometre route will operate daily until the end […]
May 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +