Air Iceland

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"Flugfélag Íslands" redirects here. For an earlier airline of that name, a predecessor of Icelandair, see Icelandair § Flugfélag Íslands.
Air Iceland
Airicland logo white.PNG
IATA ICAO Callsign
NY FXI FAXI
Founded 1997
Hubs Reykjavík Airport
Focus cities Akureyri Airport
Frequent-flyer program Icelandair Saga Club
Fleet size 10
Destinations 13
Parent company Icelandair Group
Headquarters Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people Árni Gunnarsson
Website airiceland.is

Air Iceland (Icelandic: Flugfélag Íslands) is a regional airline with its head office at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Its main bases are Reykjavík Airport and Akureyri Airport.[2] It is a subsidiary of Icelandair Group.

History

The airline was formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Norðurflug, and was incorporated as Flugfélag Norðurlands on 1 May 1975. A reorganisation and merger of Icelandair Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Norðurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Icelandair Group and had 226 employees in March 2007.[2]

In late 2011 Air Iceland acquired two Bombardier Dash 8-200 aircraft for delivery in early 2012. Upon delivery of these aircraft, Air Iceland sold its only Dash 8-100 series. It previously operated ATR 42 aircraft from 2000 to 2003.[3] A fleet of 3 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 aircraft will replace the airline's 5 Fokker F50 aircraft in 2015-16. Services using the new aircraft will include a route to Aberdeen on behalf of Icelandair due to start in March 2016.[4]

Destinations

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Main article: Air Iceland destinations

Fleet

File:Flugfelag Islands - Air Iceland De Havilland Canada DHC-8-106 Dash 8 KvW-1.jpg
Air Iceland Bombardier Dash 8-100
File:Air Iceland Fokker 50, TF-JMR@RKV,07.07.2009-543aa - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
Air Iceland Fokker F50

As of December 2015, the Air Iceland fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5]

Air Iceland
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers - Notes
Bombardier Dash 8-200 2 — 37
Bombardier Q400 3 — 74
Fokker 50 5 — 50 to be retired[citation needed]
Total 10 —

Accidents and incidents

  • On 29 May 1947, a Air Iceland C-47A TF-ISI crashed at Héðinsfjörður, Iceland in bad weather, killing all 25 on board. This was the worst air accident in Icelandic history.
  • On 4 March 2011, as Dash 8 TF-JMB was landing at the Nuuk Airport it was hit by a microburst and the right wheel broke off causing the aircraft to slide off the runway. All 31 people on board were unharmed.[6] However, the aircraft was written off.[3]

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Home. Air Iceland. Retrieved on 13 February 2011. "Air Iceland - Reykjavik airport - 101 Reykjavik"
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  5. ↑ ch-aviation.com - Air Iceland retrieved 20 December 2015
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