Air Iceland

Infobox_Airline
airline=Air Iceland
logo=Airicland_logo_white.pnglogo_size = 150
fleet_size=8
destinations=15
IATA=NY
ICAO=FXI
callsign=FAXI
parent=Icelandair Group
founded=1997
headquarters=Reykjavík, Ísland
key_people=Árni Gunnarsson
hubs=Reykjavík Airport
focus_cities=Akureyri Airport
frequent_flyer=Saga Club
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.airiceland.is

Air Iceland or Flugfélag Íslands is a regional airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Its main bases are Reykjavík Airport and Akureyri Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 58 | date= 2007-03-27] . It is a subsidiary of Icelandair Group.

History

The airline was originally formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Nordurflug, and was incorporated under the title Flugfelag Nordurlands on 1 May 1975. A further reorganisation and merger of Icelandair Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Nordurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Icelandair Group and has 226 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

Air Iceland operates the following services (at June 2007): [cite web |url=http://www.airiceland.is/AirIceland/Destinations/ |title=Destinations |author=Air Iceland |accessdate=2007-06-18]

*Domestic scheduled destinations:
**Akureyri (Akureyri Airport)
**Egilsstaðir (Egilsstaðir Airport)
**Grímsey (Grímsey Airport)
**Heimaey (Vestmannaeyjar Airport)
**Ísafjörður (Ísafjörður Airport)
**Reykjavík
***(Keflavík International Airport)
***(Reykjavík Airport)
**Þórshöfn (Thorshofn Airport)
**Vopnafjörður (Vopnafjörður Airport)

*International scheduled destinations:
**Faroe Islands
***Sørvágur (Vágar Airport)
**Greenland
***Constable Point (Nerlerit Inaat Airport) [cite web |url=http://www.airiceland.is/AirIceland/Information/Flightschedule/Display/?From=RKV&To=CNP&Fare=32 |title=Flightschedule |author=Air Iceland |accessdate=2007-10-05]
***Kulusuk (Kulusuk Airport)
***Narsarsuaq (Narsarsuaq Airport)
***Nuuk (Nuuk Airport)

Fleet

The Air Iceland fleet includes the following aircraft (as of July 2008) :

*2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
*6 Fokker 50 (1 aircraft is operated for Air Baltic)

External links

* [http://www.airiceland.is/ Air Iceland]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=NY&al_op=1 Air Iceland Fleet]

References