Tag: airport
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New Direct Flights from Akureyri Airport to Six Exciting Destinations in 2023
Akureyri Airport has announced that it will offer direct flights to six new destinations starting in 2023, making it the largest selection of destinations available for direct flights from the airport. In addition, travel agencies are offering package tours to some of these destinations. Niceair, Condor, and Edelweiss are the airlines that will offer flights…
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New Airline will Revolutionize Tourism in Northern Iceland
TOURISM A new airline is taking flight this summer. In what are hopefully the last weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, this would count as big news in Iceland. But what makes the announcement even more special is the location from where the new airline will be taking off. The new airline Niceair will operate from…
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New airline on the horizon in Iceland’s second city Akureyri
AKUREYRI There’s a new airline on the horizon in northern Iceland and its aim is to offer flights from three European destinations to Iceland’s second city Akureyri, in the heart of northern Iceland. The results of a feasibility study will be published next month. Tourism has been growing in Akureyri and surrounding towns, including Siglufjörður…
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A steep 300 billion króna price-tag on new domestic and international airport for Reykjavík
It could take up to 20 years to build a new airport in Hvassahraun on the outskirts of Hafnafjörður, a suburb of Reykjavík, that would serve both international and domestic flights after. The cost of a new international and domestic airport could be a minimum of 300 billion krónur. This is stated in a report…
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Most WOW flights on schedule today as Mogensen tries to save the airline
Almost all WOW air flights are on on schedule today as the CEO and founder Skúli Mogensen tries to save the airline from bankruptcy, following the dissolution of negotiations with Icelandair Group yesterday. All WOW air flights from Iceland today were on scheduled this morning except the flight to Gatwick Airport in London. That flight…
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Over 7 million passengers through Keflavík Airport this year
The seven millionth passengers to travel through Keflavík Airport this year, Chris and Joanne Bradley, were greeted with gifts at the airport today. They were arriving to Iceland with with EasyJet from Belfast. The number of passengers at Keflavík is divided into arrivals, departures, and stopovers, each of which count as one passenger. Last year’s…
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Eagle Air to add Húsavík flights on Saturdays
Eagle Air has started operationg flights betweeen Húsavík and Reykjavík on Saturdays. This mean that the airline now offers flights to and from Húsavík on all days of the week.
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International flights through Akureyri and Egilsstaðir
Keflavik international airport, near Reykjavik in the south-west of Iceland, has been shut down today because of ash from Eyjafjallajökull glacier volcano. All international flights in Iceland now go through Akureyri airport, 90 kilometres from Husavik, or Egilsstaðir Airport. For people coming to or going from Husavik, check for the latest updates from Icelandair and…