Icelandair

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Icelandair is the largest Icelandic airline, based in Reykjavík. It operates services to 21 cities in 12 countries on both sides of the Atlantic. Its main base is Keflavík International Airport. Icelandair is a part of FL GROUP

1 Code Data
2 History
- 2.1 Corporate History
- 2.2 Icelandair Trivia
3 Destinations
4 Fleet
5 External links
6 References

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Code Data

IATA Code: FI
ICAO Code: ICE
Callsign: Iceair

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History

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Corporate History

For corporate history, see FL GROUP - History

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Icelandair Trivia

In the 1990s, cargo operations were expanded, and advertising agreements made with model airplane manufacturers Wooster and Schabak.

Initially, Icelandair relied on Douglas DC-8 aircraft for their international routes. During the 1990s they acquired new Boeing 757s. In 1997 the airline established a subsidiary, Air Iceland, to operate domestic and some short-haul routes.

Today, Icelandair is Iceland's biggest carrier and the only one on most routes but the low-fares airline Iceland Express started competing with Icelandair on two routes in 2003, from Keflavík to Copenhagen and London.

Some of the air traffic from the United States to Europe and vice versa flies over Iceland. Icelandair has used this to their advantage and accordingly made Iceland a transfer point for people travelling from the U.S. to Europe and vice versa. This accounts for about 50 percent of the company's passenger traffic. Icelandair offers stopover packages in Iceland on its transatlantic flights at no extra cost.

When Flugfélag Íslands began international flights from Iceland, it used a Consolidated Catalina flying boat.

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Destinations

In 2004 Icelandair flew 1,332,802 passengers on scheduled flights (more than 4 times the population of Iceland!), with an associated seat-load factor of 74.5% (source: Icelandair 2004 Annual Report).

Destinations served from Iceland:

The airline is expanding into charter services with a new company that reuses the old name Loftleiðir. Loftleiðir Icelandic is now operating 6 Boeing 757-200s and 3 Boeing 767-300s. The company has 15 Boeing 737-800s on order. These aircraft will be leased to other companies.

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