Company Profile
Company Overview
Icelandair aims to be the preferred airline to and from Iceland and an attractive choice for North Atlantic travel, committed to providing safe and efficient air travel and unique services.
Icelandair has built up an international route network with Iceland, a sparsely populated island in the North Atlantic, as a hub. Instead of viewing the country’s isolation as an obstacle, the company has transformed its geographical location into a business opportunity. Icelandair is the key component of Icelandair Group.
Icelandair divides its marketing activities into three main categories: travel from Iceland, travel to Iceland and travel via Iceland – that is to say flights between Europe and North America with a transit in Iceland. By linking these three markets using the same aircraft and the same route network the company has succeeded in sustaining and strengthening this business over a long period of time.
The network is based on a 24 hour rotation with aircraft departing Iceland early morning for Europe, returning in the late afternoon and then leaving for Canada and USA in the early evening. These then arrive back in Iceland early the following morning and the process is repeated.
What Icelandair’s international expansion has accomplished for Icelanders, apart from an increase in the number of tourists and the business activities that have developed around the tourist industry throughout the country, is a system of outstanding flight services between Iceland and other countries. By linking the Icelandic "micromarket" with the international airline route network, Icelandair has been able to offer greater frequency, more destinations and better efficiency and services than would otherwise be possible.
Icelandair operates under an Air Operators Certificate issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority and is as such considered EASA compliant. Icelandair is an Icelandic carrier and has route rights in accordance with this status. Icelandair Technical Services provides maintenance and technical services for the Icelandair fleet, with the majority of the work performed at the Service Centre at Keflavik International Airport.
Birkir Hólm Guðnason is the CEO of Icelandair.
http://www.icelandair.com
Company History
Icelandair is a leading airline offering flights to and from Iceland, and an attractive option for cross-Atlantic flights. Icelandair provides safe, reliable flights and exceptional service on flights to metropolitan areas on both sides of the Atlantic.
The airline operates out of Iceland, and uses the country's geographical location mid-way between America and Europe, as an opportunity to build an ever-growing network of international routes with Iceland as a hub.
Icelandair is a part of Icelandair Group.