“Whether we like it or not, investors are demanding new long-term agreements with flight crews that will make the company competitive over the next few years,” Icelandair Group CEO Bogi Nils Bogason wrote in a letter to the company’s employees on Saturday evening. The deadline for concluding new collective bargaining agreements is May 22 when … Lesa meira
Air Iceland Connect operates domestic flights in Iceland and scheduled flights to Greenland while Icelandair has an international network. Both airlines are part of Icelandair Group. But now all supporting functions of Air Iceland Connect such as sales, marketing, operations, finance, HR and IT will be integrated into Icelandair’s operations. The Air Operators Certificate (AOC) … Lesa meira
During the past decade Iceland has seen a great increase in the number of tourists and today few nations rely as much on tourism as Iceland does. The current situation, caused by the Coronavirus/COVID-19, will therefore cause serious setback for industry, especially as the high season is approaching. This is, of course, the situation in … Lesa meira
Almost all travelers visiting Iceland fly in and out of Keflavik International Airport. Therefore, the tallying of foreign tourists on the island is very accurate; last year they decreased by 14%. The main explanation for this decrease is the bankruptcy of WOW Air in March last year, as this low-cost airline accounted for about three … Lesa meira
Aventura Holidays is the name of a new Icelandic travel agency that is currently advertising for job applications from people with “extensive experience in the travel industry.” The person who has registered himself as owner of Aventura Holidays is Andri Már Ingólfsson who can truly be considered a veteran in the travel industry. Ingólfsson founded … Lesa meira
From most international airports, airplanes fly not only to other countries but also to other cities and towns in the same country. In Iceland, this is the opposite. Keflavík International Airport, located outside of Reykjavík, is only used for international flights. About 98 percent of all tourists who come to Iceland fly to Keflavík first. … Lesa meira
Icelandair has updated its flight schedule as it does not expect the Boeing 737 MAX back into service until May 2020. In a statement, the company says that this decision has minimum impact on passengers and on Icelandair’s flight schedule for this period. “Due to the MAX suspension, Icelandair will keep more Boeing 757s in … Lesa meira
Visitor satisfaction reports from market research company Gallup shows that Irish tourists are the most satisfied with their visit to Iceland. Visitor satisfaction rated 84.6% in April, up by 1% from the same time period last year. The visitor satisfaction report asks visitors to rate their destination with respect to different dimensions such as quality … Lesa meira
EasyJet added Iceland to its network in 2012, at first offering only flights to Iceland from Luton airport, but soon more routes followed. In the ensuing years, the number of British visitors in Iceland grew drastically. The majority of British tourists choose to visit Iceland during the winter months — in 2018, more British tourists … Lesa meira
The number of people visiting Iceland dropped by 8% during the first four months of 2019 and the total number of foreign visitors to Iceland is expected to decrease even further by the end of the year. According to a report from Arion Bank’s research department, the total number of foreign visitors in 2019 is … Lesa meira
