Reykjavik News
New Destinations and Increased Flights
Milan, Luxembourg and Trondheim are among the new destinations that airlines Iceland Express and Icelandair are adding in 2010.
Iceland Express to Luxembourg and New York next summer
Iceland Express intends to start flights to Luxembourg next summer. The airline will fly twice a week from the 1 June, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The airline's destinations will then increase to 25 - a historic high.
Furthermore, next year will see the commencement of Iceland Express’ first transatlantic flights. It has been planned to fly from several cities in Europe and Scandinavia and onto the United States, with a brief stop in Iceland. Flights to New York (Newark) will commence on 1 June 2010, and will be scheduled four times a week; Mondays to Thursdays.
The airline has furthermore recently announced scheduled flights for Milan, Rotterdam, Birmingham and Oslo.
icelandexpress.com
Icelandair expands schedule and plans tourism increase next year
Icelandair has decided to increase its flights next year by up to 10% and make a special effort in bringing tourists to the country. Icelandair flies to Iceland from 26 cities in Europe and North America and will expand next summer from 140 weekly trips to a total of 155 flights per week, or 23 flights daily in the high season.
Icelandair adds one Boeing 757 passenger jet to its scheduled fleet and will have 12 aircraft in operation next summer. The company will increase the schedule to a number of destinations and two new destinations, Brussels, Belgium and Trondheim in Norway, will be added to the network.
"We are utilising the opportunity that we see now to increase the sale of trips to Iceland with profitability. We believe that the attention Iceland has gained internationally recently and the low exchange rate of the ISK creates opportunities in several markets. Now it's known among the trade and the general public that consumer service in Iceland is still excellent despite the economic recession and Iceland is an equally interesting place as it has been - even more interesting. We use the flexibility inherent in the company to strengthen our marketing efforts internationally", says Birkir Hólm Gudnason, CEO of Icelandair.
icelandair.net
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