21 Facts About Icelandair

Icelandair is the flag carrier airline of Iceland, headquartered at Keflavik International Airport near the capital city Reykjavik.

Icelandair moved to Reykjavik, where it acquired another Waco aircraft and was relaunched in 1940 as Flugfelag Islands, which translates as Flight Company of Iceland.

Icelandair tried to operate as many passenger flights as possible, keeping its hub at Keflavik open and diverting European flights to airports that were still open.

The eventual closure of Keflavik due to the volcanic ash cloud coincided with an improvement of the situation towards Europe, which allowed Icelandair to move its headquarters with 200 staff to Glasgow and operate flights from there for ten days, with shuttle flights to Iceland's Akureyri Airport and round-the-clock bus shuttles onwards to Reykjavik.

In February 2011 Icelandair was chosen "The Knowledge Company" of the year and Icelandair CEO Birkir Holm Guðnason was picked as "Man of the Year" in the Icelandic business community.

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Also in 2012, Icelandair resumed domestic services, with regular flights linking Akureyri to its Keflavik hub through subsidiary company Air Iceland.

On 19 May 2015, Icelandair launched scheduled flights to and from Portland, Oregon in the US: its 14th destination in North America.

On 17 August 2015 Icelandair announced the augmentation of its global flight network with a new service between Keflavik and Aberdeen, the company's second Scottish destination.

Icelandair commenced scheduled flights to Paris Orly Airport beginning on 29 March 2016.

In September 2016, Icelandair announced services to Philadelphia, US, starting in May 2017 and Tampa, US starting in Sep 2017.

Since the 1960s, Icelandair has offered passengers travelling on transatlantic flights between North America and Europe an opportunity to stopover in Iceland for up to seven days, at no additional cost.

On 9 January 2018, Icelandair announced that it would provide three non-stop flights a week from Kansas City International Airport to Keflavik International Airport, which commenced on 25 May 2018.

Icelandair commenced four weekly flights to and from Dallas Ft.

On 5 November 2018, Icelandair announced plans to take over its low-cost competitor, WOW air, with the two airlines to be operated as separate brands.

Icelandair offers three booking classes: Economy Light, Economy, and Saga Class.

All of Icelandair's aircraft are equipped with a free of charge AVOD in-flight entertainment system that includes seatback, touch-screen monitors for each passenger.

Almost all of Icelandair's fleet is equipped with in-flight WiFi, provided by Row 44 and Zodiac Inflight Innovations.

On 13 February 2013, Icelandair Group announced that the company had finalized an order with Boeing for sixteen new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

On 8 May 2019, Icelandair announced that the company was considering ordering the Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321LR as a replacement for their aging fleet of Boeing 757s, or to run alongside their Boeing 737 MAX 8 or to even replace the MAX 8s entirely, due to the Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

On 12 August 2020 Icelandair reached a settlement with Boeing over the MAX groundings.

Flugfelag Islands and Loftleiðir used their aircraft to carry freight as well as passengers; and when Icelandair was established in 1973 a freight division was set up within the airline.