Icelandair

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Icelandair
Icelandair logo
Icelandair Boeing 757-200
IATA code : FI
ICAO code : ICE
Call sign : ICE AIR
Founding: 1979
Seat: Keflavík , IcelandIcelandIceland 
Turnstile :

Keflavík Airport

Home airport : Keflavík Airport
IATA prefix code : 108
Management: Birkir Hólm Guðnason ( CEO )
Number of employees: 1,982 (2016)
Sales: US $ 1.3 billion (2016)
Passenger volume: 4.1 million (2018)
Frequent Flyer Program : Saga Club
Fleet size: 37 (+ 11 orders)
Aims: international
Website: www.icelandair.de

Icelandair is Iceland's national airline based in Keflavík and based at Keflavík Airport . It is a subsidiary of the listed Icelandair Group , which is listed on OMX Iceland 8 .

history

Origins

Douglas C-54 A Flugfélag Íslands in 1953

The origins of Icelandair go back to the airline Flugfélag Akureyrar , which was founded on June 3, 1937 in Akureyri on the north Icelandic coast. They started operations in April 1938 with a four-seater seaplane type Waco YKS-7 and supplied on behalf charter remote regions in Iceland. In the first year of operation, the company carried 770 passengers. The company changed its name and headquarters after an accident in 1940 and then operated as Flugfélag Íslands in the capital Reykjavík . Air traffic in Iceland almost came to a standstill during World War II. In early 1944, the company operated two commercial aircraft with a total of 16 seats in domestic traffic, including a Beechcraft 18 D. Flugfélag Íslands acquired in 1944, two De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide and a PBY Catalina . The PBY Catalina was the first international charter flight with four passengers from Reykjavík to Largs ( Scotland ) on July 11, 1945 . For marketing reasons, the company now used the suffix Iceland Airways ( Icelandair from 1957 ) for international flight operations; however, the official company name was not changed. Likewise, all domestic flights continued to operate under the name Flugfélag Íslands .

On May 27, 1946, Flugfélag Íslands opened an international connection from Reykjavík via Prestwick (Scotland) to Copenhagen ( Denmark ), which it initially only served seasonally on a charter basis, and shortly thereafter year-round scheduled services. Initially, leased machines from Scottish Aviation and their crews were used on this route, with the converted Consolidated B-24 on the Prestwick leg and Douglas DC-3 on the connecting route to Copenhagen . The cooperation with Scottish Aviation ended when Flugfélag Íslands acquired a Douglas C-54 (DC-4) and used this machine on April 10, 1948 for the first time on international routes. At the same time, a connection to Oslo was opened, followed by London-Northolt in May 1949. In addition to the internationally used DC-4, the fleet in 1948 consisted of three DC-3, two de Havilland Rapide, a Grumman Goose and a Noorduyn Norseman . From the summer of 1950, the company also carried out tourist charter flights to Greenland with the DC-4 , where the aircraft was also used to drop supplies for scientific expeditions and to observe drift ice .

Flugfélag Íslands acquired a second Douglas DC-4 in 1955 to take on scheduled flights to Bergen (Norway), Frankfurt , Hamburg and Stockholm (Sweden) . After two used Vickers Viscount 759Ds went into service in May 1957, the number of passengers on international flights rose by 35 percent in the same year, and by 46 percent in the first four months. With the Viscounts, the company started a scheduled connection to Copenhagen (Denmark) via Glasgow , making it the only company that offered direct flights between these cities at the time. Flugfélag Íslands carried a total of 80,504 passengers in the 1957 financial year, 59,501 of them in domestic traffic. In addition to the existing route network, the company set up a second route for its flights to Bergen and Copenhagen on April 1, 1963, which was directed via Vágar on the Faroe Islands . One flew to Glasgow from the Faroe Islands on the return flights. Because of the short runway in Vágar, Douglas DC-3s were used on this connection. In the spring of 1965 Flugfélag Íslands operated three Douglas DC-3s, a Douglas DC-4, a Vickers Viscount 759D and two Douglas DC-6 B, which they had acquired in 1964 from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). In the same year, two Fokker F-27s were ordered to replace the DC-3. The company received its first jet aircraft , a brand new Boeing 727-100C , on June 22, 1967.

At the same time, the Loftleiðir airline was established in 1944 . It was founded by three young pilots who had just finished their training in Canada and had not got a job at Flugfélag Íslands . Loftleiðir initially used a Stinson Reliant equipped with swimmers on domestic routes which the three pilots had brought from Canada. When a DC-4 was purchased in 1947, the fleet consisted of three Stinson, five Grumman amphibious aircraft, two Noorduyn Norseman, two Avro Anson , two DC-3 and two PBY Catalina. Internationally she worked with the DC-4 to Copenhagen and to Greenland with a Grumman . The company was granted landing rights in New York in 1958 and began flights a few years later, as well as to Europe. In 1952 Loftleiðir ceded its domestic routes to Flugfélag Íslands and was therefore only active internationally, for which the name was changed to Loftleiðir Icelandic . From 1953 it also offered flight services over the North Atlantic in the lower price segment via Reykjavík, which should also serve as an important pillar of the later Icelandair . Loftleiðir Icelandic grew rapidly and put Douglas DC-4 and Vickers Viscount 759 into service. Larger aircraft followed, such as five Douglas DC-6s from 1959 to 1964 and two Canadair CL-44Ds in May 1964. In 1970, the company took over its first jet aircraft, a Douglas DC-8 . In 1972 Loftleiðir bought International Air Bahama , which had also offered low-cost flights between Europe and North America and had thus become a competitor on the transatlantic routes.

Founding of the Flugleidir holding

Boeing 727-100 from Flugfélag Íslands in 1976

On August 1, 1973 Loftleiðir Icelandic ( Icelandic Airlines ) and Flugfélag Íslands ( Icelandair ) founded a joint holding called Flugleidir , into which they brought their airlines. These initially remained two legally independent companies. The companies Loftleiðir Icelandic and Flugfélag Íslands continued to operate separately in the following years under the previous brand names Icelandair and Icelandic Airlines respectively .

The international activities of Flugfélag Íslands benefited in the 1970s from the fact that more and more people could afford air travel, but transatlantic flights were still very expensive. Flugfélag Íslands , which positioned itself as a kind of forerunner of the low-cost airlines , served some airports in the USA and Western Europe and preferred those with low fees, but from which passengers still had good connections. The Luxembourg airport became the central Europe hub of society, from where the passengers by train, private car or free shuttle buses to the surrounding cities such as Cologne , Frankfurt or Brussels could get.

In January 1979 Flugfélag Íslands first put a wide-body aircraft into service, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 leased for four months from Seaboard World Airlines , which it operated on transatlantic routes together with its sister company Air Bahama .

Merger to form Icelandair

Two Icelandair Douglas DC-8s at Luxembourg Airport in 1983

The Flugleidir holding merged its two independent subsidiaries Loftleiðir Icelandic and Flugfélag Íslands on October 1, 1979 to form Icelandair , whereby the previous branding of Flugfélag Íslands became the official name of the new company. The merged company's initial fleet consisted of five Fokker F-27-100s , two Boeing 727-100s, and four Douglas DC-8-63CFs . The fleet was not enlarged until the mid-1980s.

In 1987 the airline started a fleet renewal. The company initially put four brand new Boeing 737-400s into service as replacements for their two Boeing 727s , which were delivered between 1989 and 1991.

1990s

Icelandair's Boeing 737-400 in 1992

At the beginning of 1990 Icelandair employed 1,240 people. In the same spring, the company took over its first two Boeing 757-200s , replacing the two remaining Douglas DC-8s . In addition, three Boeing 737-400s were operated on international flights. A fourth 737-400 and a third 757-200 were added to the fleet in April and May 1991, respectively. Until these aircraft were delivered, a Boeing 737-300 was temporarily leased from the Danish Maersk Air . Icelandair replaced the nationally operated Fokker F-27s with four Fokker 50s between March and May 1992 . For the duration of the 1995 summer season, it leased a fifth 737-400 from US MarkAir , which was ceded to Maersk Air in early 1996. In the spring of 1996 Icelandair had 1,330 employees. At that time, their fleet consisted of four Boeing 737-400s, 757-200s and four Fokker 50s.

At the 1997 Paris Air Show , Icelandair ordered two more Boeing 757-200s and two 757-300s . The first Boeing 757-200 from this order was delivered in January 1998. At the same time, the company leased a Boeing 737-300QC from ILFC , which was operated on cargo flights under the new Icelandair Cargo brand . At the beginning of 1999 the fleet consisted of three Fokker 50s, one Boeing 737-300QC, three 737-400s and six 757-200s, one of which had been leased to Greenlandair on a long-term basis . There were also orders for three Boeing 757-200s and two Boeing 757-300s for delivery between 1999 and 2003.

After 43 years, Icelandair ceased operations on January 9, 1999 at Luxembourg Airport , which until then had been the aviation hub in Europe . As the number of flights to North America and to the Icelandair hub at Keflavík Airport rose sharply, fewer and fewer passengers chose the route via Luxembourg, making the route unprofitable.

2000s

On April 24, 2000, Icelandair became the first company in the world to put a Boeing 757-200 with modernized cabin equipment into service. A Boeing 757-300 was first delivered in this cabin design in 1999; from March 2000 it became the standard for all 757-200s ordered. In the course of 2001 Icelandair discontinued its national regular service and sold the three Fokker 50s used for this purpose. The domestic flights were continued by the sister company Air Iceland, founded in 1997 . Starting in 2001, the company decommissioned a Boeing 737-400 annually . The last aircraft left the fleet in early 2003. At the time Icelandair operated twelve Boeing 757s in passenger traffic, including a Boeing 757-300, which was delivered in March 2002. In addition, the company used a leased Boeing 737-300 and a 757-200 on cargo flights .

By 2003 the parent company Flugleidir was restructured into a holding company with eleven subsidiaries in the travel and tourism industry. In addition to Icelandair, Air Iceland, Icelandair Hotels, Icelandair Cargo and Icelandic Ground Services belonged to this holding company. The group of companies continued to be largely determined by Icelandair as the largest company in the group.

For decades, Icelandair had a monopoly on flights between Iceland and Europe . This enabled them to set higher airfares. With the liberalization of air traffic in 2003, competition came from the low-cost airline Iceland Express . This offered cheaper prices and was therefore particularly attractive to tourists. In 2012 WOW air took over the company and became Icelandair's main competitor.

At the beginning of 2005, the ordered Icelandair Group owned leasing company "Icelease" ten Boeing 737-800 with a purchase option for an additional five copies. The contract had a total volume of 650 million US dollars . The machines were leased to other airlines on a long-term basis.

In February 2005 the Icelandair Group ordered the first two Boeing 787-8s destined for Icelandair , followed in summer 2006 with a reorder for two more machines. The first two Boeing 787s on order were scheduled to arrive at Icelandair in 2010, with the other two following in 2012. Delivery was delayed due to problems with the Boeing 787 . An agreement signed in 2011 means that only two aircraft will be used by Icelandair; the other two have been delivered to Norwegian Air Shuttle .

In 2005 the company took over the Icelandic cargo airline Bluebird Cargo , which continues to fly under the old name. Bluebird Cargo works with the freight company Flugflutningar . At the time of acquisition Bluebird Cargo operated a fleet of five Boeing 737 - cargo aircraft and stood before commissioning the first cargo versions of the Boeing 757 . Both companies had been profitable at the time and together had grown 37 percent over the past two years. The purchase price for both companies for the Icelandair Group was 3.8 trillion Icelandic kroner . The takeover should allow the group of companies a better entry into the freight business. Up until now, only additional cargo was customary in the passenger planes operated by Icelandair and its domestic sister company.

In 2005 another Boeing 757-200 was taken over, which came from Phuket Air . Also in 2005 there was a fundamental reorientation of the Flugleiðir holding, which was renamed the FL Group and henceforth focused on international investments. In the course of restructuring into an investment company, the aviation sector was viewed as unattractive and an attempt was made to raise foreign exchange for future investments by selling this sector . In 2006 Icelandair was outsourced to the new Icelandair Group holding together with Air Iceland and the other companies . The Icelandair Group also owned the Danish Sterling Airlines in 2006 after its merger with Maersk Air . When it was sold to local investors and listed on the ICEX Icelandic Exchange , the sale proceeds were more than half a billion US dollars (35 billion ISK ) and the FL Group later posted a profit of over 390 million US dollars (26.5 Billion ISK). Furthermore, in connection with the restructuring, the 17 percent stake in the British low-cost airline easyJet was sold. Icelandair itself hardly made any changes to the fleet in 2006 and increased its activities in aircraft leasing to other airlines.

In 2007 the Icelandair Group took over the Czech airline Travel Service with its subsidiary Smart Wings . The aim was a profitable sale of half of the company in the same year and a sale of the remaining half in the following year. However, the managers' goal of making money through this lightning campaign was not achieved. In addition, the purchase of the loss-making airline Jat Airways from Serbia was discussed in 2007 , but this was ultimately rejected. The fleet was expanded in 2007 by two Boeing 757-200s, which Iberia took over.

In 2008 Icelandair leased further aircraft to other airlines, mainly from Europe and Africa . In addition, you could codeshare agreement with Finnair and Austrian Airlines agreed. The fleet was a used by All Nippon Airways acquired Boeing 767-300ER added. Icelandair , like many other airlines in this period, began to lose money in the wake of the global economic crisis from 2007 .

At the end of the year, Icelandair introduced new uniforms for its cabin crew, designed by Icelandic designer Steinunn Sigurdardóttir .

In 2009 Icelandair did not take over or decommission any aircraft. However, numerous aircraft, most of which were returned by other tenants, were leased to other airlines. In addition, the state-owned Íslandsbanki took over 47 percent of the shares in Icelandair. The Icelandair Group, controlled by Icelandair, also took over shares in the Latvian SmartLynx Airlines . The breakeven point was not reached.

Since 2010

Icelandair Cargo Boeing 757-200PF

In 2010 Icelandair received € 25 million from the Icelandic Government's Pension Fund of Commerce to restructure itself; in return, the Pension Fund of Commerce received a 12 percent stake in Icelandair. Like many other airlines, Icelandair suffered from significant deficits at the time and had reported a loss of the equivalent of 13.4 million euros in the first half of 2010 . The restructuring plan envisaged concentrating exclusively on the wet lease segment, which Icelandair already operated strongly, and on services from Keflavík Airport . The segment was therefore deepened and new contracts concluded or existing ones changed. In addition, an order for aircraft from the Airbus A320 family or Boeing 737s for the purpose of fleet rejuvenation was discussed. The Icelandair Group sold its shares in some non-Icelandic airlines. At the beginning of 2010 it only had holdings in SmartLynx Airlines , Travel Service , Smart Wings and Bluebird Cargo .

In April 2010 the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull posed a major problem for air traffic. In the days when most of Europe's airspace had been closed, air traffic to Europe had to be completely stopped. The flights to the USA , on the other hand, were just as unaffected as most of the domestic flights operated by the sister company Air Iceland . This was due to the location of Eyjafjallajökull in the southeast of the island and the direction of the wind, which carried the ashes to Europe. When the wind turned in a westerly direction around April 20 and the western Atlantic was not spared from ash particles, flights to the USA and Air Iceland's domestic services were also a little impaired, especially in the routing. But there were no major problems in American traffic. The guests, whose return flights could not be carried out, were accommodated by Icelandair in Reykjavík hotels and given them a "Reykjavík Welcome Card", with which they had free entry to many public facilities in Reykjavík. At times, a large part of the fleet was relocated to Glasgow Airport.

In May 2011, Icelandair placed the pending order for three Boeing 787-8s with Norwegian Air Shuttle , which wanted to enter the long-haul segment. Norwegian Air Shuttle signed the agreement to get the aircraft into service as quickly as possible. Had she ordered the aircraft herself from Boeing , her delivery position would have been years behind Icelandair's. On November 5, 2018, Icelandair announced that it would take over its competitor WOW air . On November 29, 2018, Icelandair announced that WOW Air would not be taken over after all.

In 2019 Icelandair had to temporarily cease operations after filing for bankruptcy. Due to declining passenger numbers due to the global COVID-19 pandemic , the Icelandic state was considering joining the company in 2020. After failed collective bargaining negotiations with the Icelandic flight attendant union, the company announced in July 2020 that it would fire all flight attendants and initially entrust the pilots with on-board service. After short-term renegotiations, this decision was withdrawn.

Destinations

Icelandair offers flights to Europe and North America from Keflavík .

In German-speaking countries, there are flights to Berlin , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Geneva , Hamburg , Munich and Zurich .

Code sharing

Codeshare agreements exist with Alaska Airlines and jetBlue .

fleet

Icelandair Boeing 757-300
Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER

Current fleet

As of March 2020, Icelandair's fleet consists of 37 aircraft with an average age of 20.2 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
( Business / Eco + / Eco )
Boeing 737 MAX 8 5 4th + 8 options; Delivery since March 2018; inactive 160 (16 / - / 144)
Boeing 737 MAX 9 1 6th 178 (16 / - / 162)
Boeing 757-200 25th 23 equipped with winglets ; TF-FIR in Vatnajökull -, TF-FIU in Aurora - special paint;
one operated for TACV Cabo Verde Airlines 		183 (22/41/120)
184 (20/44/120)
Boeing 757-300 2 equipped with winglets; TF-ISX in 100 Years of Icelandic Independence special livery 222 (22/65/135)
Boeing 767-300ER 4th equipped with winglets 262 (15/10/237)
Boeing 787-8 1 - open -
total 37 11

Icelandair's planes have been named after an Icelandic volcano for several years .

Former aircraft types

Icelandair's Fokker 27 in 1989

In the past, Loftleiðir Icelandic, Flugfélag Íslands and Icelandair used, among others, the following types of aircraft:

service

Current cabin product (since 2018)

Icelandair has equipped its aircraft with two different classes of carriage , which were introduced in 2018. These consist of Saga Class and Economy Class . The in-flight entertainment offers all passengers free films, television programs and music.

Saga Class

The Saga Class seats are arranged in a 2 + 2 configuration. They are upholstered in leather, have a seat pitch of 99 centimeters and are located in the front part of the aircraft. Passengers are offered free meals on board. The program includes traditional Icelandic dishes such as lamb or fish. The free baggage allowance is generally two pieces of baggage weighing 32 kilograms. In addition, the passenger has access to business lounges at all Icelandair destination airports and can check in at separate counters.

Economy class

The economy class seats are arranged in a classic 3 + 3 configuration with a seat pitch of 82 centimeters. A distinction is made between a basic product (Economy Light) and the extended products Economy Standard and Flex. While Economy Light only includes hand luggage, the other two booking classes offer the option of checking in luggage and, in some cases, also selecting seats when making a reservation. For on-board catering, you can choose between various non-alcoholic drinks such as tea, soft drinks or coffee. Alcoholic beverages, snacks and refreshments are available for a fee.

Former cabin product (2008-2018)

Economy Comfort (until April 2018)

Up to and including April 2018, a Premium Economy called Economy Comfort Class was also available on most aircraft. However, this service has been discontinued; on the one hand due to the rather low occupancy of the seats, but also to be able to offer more tickets in economy class. No major changes to the aircraft interior were necessary, as the Economy Comfort Class was configured normally (3 + 3), but with a seat pitch of 84 centimeters, it offered two more than in Economy Class. The middle seat remained free. In addition to the improved amenities on board, these passengers also had access to the lounges at the airport, were allowed to check in at separate counters and were able to select a seat of their choice when booking. The baggage regulations were identical to those of the Saga Class. Warm meals were also offered - albeit less elaborately than in the Saga Class - and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages were available.

Frequent flyer program

Icelandair has a frequent flyer program called Saga Club . It is based on collecting points with Icelandair and its partners Air Iceland , Alaska Airlines and Finnair . In addition, points can also be collected by using some hotels, such as B. with the Hilton Honors program, in Icelandair Hotels, Park Plaza , Radisson Blu and Park Inn Hotels. Some car rental companies also offer the opportunity to collect points.

The points can be redeemed for free flights with Icelandair and its partner airlines, as well as with the hotel and car rental partners for appropriate services (rental car or overnight stays) or with the online mail order points.com . In addition, points earned before the flight can be used to buy food and drinks on board.

For customers who make heavy use of the frequent flyer program, there is the “Saga Silver” and the “Saga Gold” status. The status upgrade is mandatory for Saga Silver at 40,000 and for Saga Gold for 80,000 points collected within 12 months. Passengers with Saga Silver and Saga Gold collect 10% and 20% more points when using services. In addition, depending on the status, there are also a. more free baggage allowance, as well as the possibility of using lounges or extra check-in counters.

Carbon offsetting

Icelandair offers customers the opportunity to offset the emissions from their air travel. The fee will be passed on to Kolviður , a carbon offsetting organization owned by the Icelandic government, Reykjavík Energy and Kaupthing Bank , primarily through restoration programs. Initially only forests in Iceland were afforested, but it was planned to start programs in the tropics as well.

Basic data

Passenger statistics

year Passenger volume
(in millions) 		Change compared to the previous year
2018 4.1   approx. 7%
2017 3.8   approx. 4%
2016 3.7   approx. 20%
2015 3.1   approx. 18%
2014 2.6   approx. 15%
2013 2.3   approx. 12%
2012 2.0   approx. 16%
2011 1.7   approx. 16%
2010 1.5   approx. 14%
2009 1.3   approx. 14%
2008 1.5   approx. 6%
2007 1.6   approx. 7%
2006 1.5   approx. 1%
2005 1.5   approx. 15%
2004 1.3   approx. 18%

In the main travel or holiday season in the summer months (as of 2011), the seat capacities are used quite differently:

month Passengers Change compared to the previous month Change compared to the same period of the previous year Seat load factor Change compared to the same period of the previous year
December 100.118   0 4%   10% 74.2%   0.4 percentage points
November 104,425   29%   10% 77.0%   2.8 percentage points
October 146.235   13%   13% 81.5%   0.9 percentage points
September 168.013   33%   15% 78.3%   3.7 percentage points
August 249.065   0 2%   18% 85.3%   0.9 percentage points
July 254,437   19%   18% 85.4%   0.8 percentage points
June 213.008   56%   21% 80.8%   0 percentage points
May 136.221   18%   22% 77.2%   2.1 percentage points
April 115.212   19%   48% 79.2%   10.3 percentage points
March 096,639   22%   10% 76.7%   2.3 percentage points
February 079,136   0 4%   16% 70.7%   4.0 percentage points
January 082,136   10%   15% 65.7% No data

Shareholders

As of May 7, 2015, the Icelandair Group's largest shareholders are:

  • Pension fund Lífeyrissjóður verslunarmanna (14.6%)
  • Stefnir pension fund - ÍS 15 (11.0%)
  • Pension fund Lífeyrissj.starfsm.rík. A-deild (6.7%)
  • Stefnir pension fund - ÍS 5 (6.5%)
  • Pension fund Gildi - lífeyrissjóður (6.1%)
  • Pension fund Stafir lífeyrissjóður (3.6%)

In 2015 there were a total of 20 shareholders with a share of more than one percent, with further shares in free float .

Incidents

The crashed Vickers Viscount 759D in September 1962

Icelandair and its two predecessor companies have recorded eight incidents in their history with total aircraft loss, four of which resulted in a total of 223 fatalities.

Examples:

  • On January 31, 1951, a Douglas C-47A ( registration number : TF-ISG ) at Flugfélag Íslands had an accident while trying to land in Reykjavík . The crew had previously canceled an approach due to poor visibility. Some debris was discovered the next day around 18 kilometers from the airport in the Atlantic. All 20 inmates were killed.
  • On April 14, 1963, a Vickers Viscount 759D ( TF-ISU ) of Flugfélag Íslands crashed six kilometers from the airport while approaching Oslo-Fornebu . The plane started in Copenhagen was supposed to fly back to Reykjavík via Oslo and Bergen . All twelve occupants were killed, eight passengers and four crew members (see also the Nesøya accident ) .
  • On October 24, 1963, a Douglas C-54 A ( TF-IST ) at Flugfélag Íslands was destroyed in a hangar fire in Narsarsuaq (Greenland). People were not injured.
  • On September 26, 1970, a Fokker F-27 ( TF-FIL ) at Flugfélag Íslands crashed into a mountain near Vágar airport . The machine was on the flight from Copenhagen via Bergen and Vágar to Reykjavík. Of the total of 34 occupants, including four crew members, one crew member and seven passengers died.
  • On November 25, 1978, a Douglas DC-8-63CF ( TF-FLA ) from Loftleiðir fell below the minimum descent altitude when approaching Colombo (Sri Lanka) in the dark and hit two kilometers from Bandaranaike International Airport . The machine was to carry out a Hajj charter flight from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Surabaya (Indonesia) on behalf of Garuda Indonesia . A technical stopover was planned in Colombo. On board were 249 passengers, 175 of whom were killed, as well as 13 crew members, of which eight died (see also Loftleiðir flight 001 ) .
  • On February 7, 2020, the right landing gear of a Boeing 757-200 collapsed during the landing in Keflavik in a hurricane-like gust and the right wing of the jet was in contact with the ground. There were no injuries.

See also

Web links

Commons : Icelandair  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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