Tag: akureyri
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Multiple University Mergers Explored in Icelandic
Informal discussions regarding a potential merger between the University of Akureyri and the University of Bifröst have been initiated, according to reports on RÚV’s website. The respective rectors, Margrét Jónsdóttir Njarðvík of Bifröst and Elín Díanna Gunnarsdóttir of Akureyri, engaged in talks this morning. Both expressed a willingness to explore the feasibility and potential benefits…
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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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Voigt Travel offers 10 departures to northern Iceland this winter
The first international flight of the winter landed at Akureyri Airport today. The tours are sold by Voigt Travel in the Netherlands, but the airline Transavia handles the flight. Flights from Amsterdam will be on Fridays and Mondays for the next 5 weeks, a total of 10 flights in total. Voigt Travel started charter flights…
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Húsasmiðjan closing shops in Húsavík and Dalvík
Hardware store chain Húsasmiðjan has announced the closure of their stores in Húsavík and Dalvík at the end of this year. The company’s employees in the towns will be invited to work in a new superstore in Akureyri that will open in Freyjunes next year. An announcement from Húsasmiðjan states that the company’s representatives are…
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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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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…