Air Iceland or Flugfélag Íslands is a regional airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Its main bases are Reykjavík Airport and Akureyri Airport. It is a subsidiary of Icelandair Group.
History
The airline was originally formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Nordurflug, and was incorporated under the title Flugfelag Nordurlands on 1 May 1975. A further reorganisation and merger of Icelandair Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Nordurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Icelandair Group and has 226 employees (at March 2007).
Destinations
Air Iceland operates the following services (at June 2007):
- Domestic scheduled destinations:
- Akureyri (Akureyri Airport)
- Egilsstaðir (Egilsstaðir Airport)
- Grímsey (Grímsey Airport)
- Heimaey (Vestmannaeyjar Airport)
- Ísafjörður (Ísafjörður Airport)
- Reykjavík
- Þórshöfn (Thorshofn Airport)
- Vopnafjörður (Vopnafjörður Airport)
- International scheduled destinations:
Fleet
The Air Iceland fleet includes the following aircraft (as of July 2008) :
- 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
- 6 Fokker 50 (1 aircraft is operated for Air Baltic)
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Last updated on Saturday October 04, 2008 at 04:18:11 PDT (GMT -0700)
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