Air Atlanta Icelandic

Air Atlanta Icelandic
IATA code :	CC
ICAO code :	ABD
Call sign :	ATLANTA
Founding:	1986
Seat:	Kópavogur , Iceland
Home airport :	Keflavík Airport
IATA prefix code :	318
Management:	Hannes Hilmarsson ( CEO )
Fleet size:	14th
Aims:	international
Website:	www.atlanta.is

Air Atlanta Icelandic is the brand name of Flugfélagið Atlanta ehf. It is an Icelandic airline based in Kópavogur and based at Keflavík Airport .

history

Air Atlanta Icelandic was founded on February 10, 1986 by Captain Arngrímur Jóhannsson and his wife Þóra Guðmundsdóttir. The first order for Air Atlanta was to lease a Boeing 707-300B to Caribbean Airways . Today the company is owned by Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands , an Icelandic investment company . In early 2005, Air Atlanta Icelandic took over the Icelandic airline Islandsflug .

On November 5, 2016, Air Atlanta Icelandic began direct flights between Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport on behalf of Senator International with a Boeing 747-400F ( aircraft registration TF-AMQ ) . A large part of the freight comes from the various BMW plants on both sides of the Atlantic.

Destinations

Air Atlanta Icelandic offers its cargo and passenger aircraft to other airlines under ACMI leasing and also operates a small number of charter flights .

fleet

Ed Force One leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic in 2016

Current fleet

As of August 2020, Air Atlanta Icelandic's fleet consists of 14 aircraft with an average age of 23.1 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks
Boeing 747-400F	13		one inactive; four operated for Magma Aviation ; two operated for Astral Aviation
Airbus A340-300	1
total	14th	-

Previously deployed aircraft

Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic in 1996

In the past, Air Atlanta Icelandic used the following types of aircraft, among others:

• Airbus A300-600RF
• Airbus A330-200
• Airbus A340-300
• Boeing 707-300B
• Boeing 737-200 / 300
• Boeing 747-100 / 200/300 / SP
• Boeing 757-200
• Boeing 767-200ER / 300ER
• Lockheed L-1011-1 / 100 TriStar

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Air Atlanta Icelandic  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of Air Atlanta Icelandic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flugfélagið Atlanta ehf. (6503871639). In: rsk.is. Retrieved May 2, 2019 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: airlineupdate.com - Airlines of Iceland ) (English)
3. ↑ airliners.de - New cargo flight between Munich and South Carolina from November 25th, 2016
4. ↑ atlanta.is - Our Services ( Memento of March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (in English), accessed on May 17, 2017
5. ^ Air Atlanta Icelandic Fleet Details and History. August 14, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ airfleets.net - Air Atlanta Icelandic (English), accessed on May 17, 2017