Eagle Air of Iceland

This article describes the Icelandic airline founded in 1976. For the airline of the same name, founded in 1970, see Eagle Air (Iceland) .

Eagle Air of Iceland
IATA code :	VL
ICAO code :	ISL
Call sign :	EAGLEAIR
Founding:	1976
Operation stopped:	1990
Seat:	Reykjavík , Iceland
Home airport :	Keflavík Airport and Reykjavík Airport
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	Iceland, Western Europe
Eagle Air of Iceland ceased operations in 1990. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Eagle Air of Iceland (originally Arnarflug ) was an international Icelandic airline that ceased operations in 1990.

history

Eagle Air of Iceland was founded on April 10, 1976 under the name Arnarflug by former employees of the previously liquidated airline Air Viking . With two Boeing 720 aircraft taken over from Air Viking , the company started its IT charter flight operations from Keflavík to Palma de Mallorca on June 5, 1976 . Düsseldorf was added as a second destination from June 12, 1976. Outside of the summer season, mainly occasional services ( ad hoc charter ) and contract traffic for other airlines ( sub charter ) were flown. In order to increase the utilization of the aircraft, the company was also active in the leasing business from 1978 .

The Flugleidir group of companies , to which Icelandair also belonged, took a 57.5 percent stake in Arnarflug in September 1978 , which was subsequently named Eagle Air of Iceland . In 1980, the company replaced its Boeing 720 with Boeing 707 machines , which were operated on wet lease for other airlines outside of peak travel times . In addition, Eagle Air operated national scheduled flights with De Havilland Canada DHC-6 and Piper PA-31 aircraft under the brand name Arnarflug Innanlands . The propeller aircraft operated within Iceland were stationed at Reykjavík Airport. After purchasing a Boeing 737-200 , the company set up its first international scheduled connections in 1981, including to Amsterdam , Düsseldorf and Zurich . In the mid-1980s, the scheduled flights to Düsseldorf were discontinued and instead Hamburg was served as planned. At that time, the fleet consisted of a Piper PA-23 Aztec , two Cessna 402 , a Boeing 737-200 and two Douglas DC-8-61 . Due to the strong seasonal fluctuations in demand, the company's economic situation deteriorated continuously from the mid-1980s. The company ceased its flight operations in August 1990 and was dissolved in October 1990.

fleet

Eagle Air of Iceland operated the following types of aircraft:

• Boeing 720
• Boeing 707-320B and Boeing 707-320C
• Boeing 727-100
• Boeing 737-200
• Cessna 402C
• De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100
• Dornier Do 228
• Douglas DC-8-61
• Lockheed L-188CF Electra
• Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain and PA-31T Cheyenne
• Piper PA-E23-250 Aztec

See also

• List of former airlines

Web links

Commons : Eagle Air of Iceland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Leisure Airlines of Europe, K. Vomhof, 2001
2. ↑ ^{a b} Aero, issue 206, year 1987
3. ^ Flight International, April 28, 1979
4. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 87/88
5. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, annual editions 1976 to 1990
6. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, various years