Mýflug

Mýflug hf.
IATA code :
ICAO code :	MYA
Call sign :	MYFLUG
Founding:	1985
Seat:	Skútustaðir , Iceland
Home airport :	Mývatn Airport
Company form:	hf.
Management:	Leifur Hallgrímsson (Director of Flight Operations)
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.myflug.is

Mýflug hf. (under the brand name Mýflug Air ) is an Icelandic airline with its headquarters and base at Mývatn Airport .

history

Myflug Air was founded on April 7 in 1985 with the aim of the airport on Myvatn Lake Myvatn in northern Iceland from round and charter flights and flying lessons to offer.

Since this new airline was founded by locals, it was named after the nearby lake: Mýflug (Myflug Air in English).

The business grew steadily and in 1987 a new hangar with a small passenger reception was built at the airport . The aircraft types used in the first few years included the Cessna 152 , Cessna 172 , Cessna 206 and Piper PA-23 Apache . What they had in common was a rather limited seating capacity. That changed, however, when the airline began a scheduled flight between the capital Reykjavík and Lake Mývatn in 1990 using a Piper Chieftain with eight to nine passengers.

In 1997, a scheduled flight service between Lake Mývatn and Hornafjörður (on the south-east coast of Iceland) was started, but it was discontinued two years later along with the scheduled flights to Reykjavík. Instead, the airline took regular flights between Reykjavik and Húsavík in northern Iceland. A nineteen-seat Dornier 228 was chartered and service began in 1999.

The low passenger volume was disappointing, however, and scheduled flights between Reykjavik and Húsavík were suspended 18 months later. After rethinking the strategy, Mýflug Air shifted its focus from scheduled flights to the tourist market, mainly sightseeing flights from Lake Mývatn, as well as charter and ambulance flights.

In 2005, Mýflug Air was awarded the contract to provide ambulance flights to most parts of Iceland. The contract ran for five years and began on January 1st. 2006 with an optional extension of two years. A Beechcraft Super King Air B200 was purchased and refurbished with all equipment necessary for patient transport including two stretchers. In 2008, the company expanded further when it took over the day-to-day operations of Isavia aircraft, which are also Beechcraft Super King Air B200s. The contract period was initially one year, until it was renewed in 2009 for the next three years. This contract enabled Mýflug Air to have a replacement aircraft of the same type available for ambulance flights as well as for charter flights. It is also used for calibration flights in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands .

Another important event in 2008 was the inauguration of a new hangar at Akureyri Airport which, in addition to the aircraft, also includes offices, a classroom and a lounge on the upper floor.

Services

Myflug Air offers round and charter flights as well as ambulance flights to.

fleet

As of May 2019, the Myflug Air fleet consists of four aircraft :

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Aircraft registration	Remarks	Seats
Beechcraft Super King Air B200	2		TF-MYA		9
			TF-MYV
Cessna U206	2		TF-MYF		6th
			TF-MYY
total	4th	-

Incidents

• On August 5, 2013, a Beechcraft Super King Air B200 ( aircraft registration number TF-MYX ) air ambulance crashed on a car racing track west of Akureyri in northern Iceland after the flight crew asked to fly over the city of Akureyri before landing. There were two pilots and a medic on board. The captain and a paramedic died, the copilot was slightly injured.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

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

• Web presence of Mýflug hf. (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Myflug airline information. In: airportdatabase.net. Retrieved May 1, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} History. In: myflug.is. Retrieved May 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} About Us. In: myflug.is. Retrieved May 1, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Aircraft Registry Lookup. In: icetra.is. Retrieved May 1, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Fleet. In: myflug.is. Retrieved May 1, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Accident report Beechcraft B200 Super King Air TF-MYX . In: Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved September 10, 2019.