Air Iceland
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Air Iceland is a regional airline
with its head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport
in Reykjavík
, Iceland
. It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland
. Its main bases are Reykjavík Airport and Akureyri Airport. It is a subsidiary of Icelandair Group
.
Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Nordurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Icelandair Group and has 226 employees (at March 2007).
*Flights operated by Norlandair
Regional airline
Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...
with its head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík Airport Reykjavík Airport Reykjavík Airport (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurflugvöllur, is the chiefly domestic airport serving Reykjavík, Iceland. The airport lies two kilometres from Reykjavík's city centre. Possessing rather short runways, it normally only serves flights within Iceland and to...
in Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
. It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. Its main bases are Reykjavík Airport and Akureyri Airport. It is a subsidiary of Icelandair Group
Icelandair Group
Icelandair Group hf is an Icelandic travel industry corporation, the owner of the airline Icelandair and numerous other travel industry companies...
.
History
The airline was originally formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Nordurflug, and was incorporated under the title Flugfelag Nordurlands on 1 May 1975. A further reorganisation and merger of IcelandairIcelandair
Icelandair ehf is the flag carrier airline of Iceland, based on the grounds of Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík. It is part of the Icelandair Group and currently operates scheduled services to 31 cities in 13 countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean out of its hub at Keflavík International Airport...
Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Nordurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Icelandair Group and has 226 employees (at March 2007).
Iceland
- AkureyriAkureyriAkureyri is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's second largest urban area and fourth largest municipality ....
- Akureyri Airport - EgilsstaðirEgilsstaðirEgilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of Lagarfljót river.It is part of the municipality of Fljótsdalshérað, the county seat of Norður-Múlasýsla and the largest settlement of the Austurland region with, as of 2011, a population of 2,257 inhabitants.-Overview:Egilsstadir is located at...
- Egilsstaðir Airport - GrímseyGrímseyGrímsey is a small island in the country of Iceland, off the north coast of the main island of Iceland and straddling the Arctic Circle. In January 2011 it had 86 inhabitants....
- Grímsey AirportGrímsey AirportGrímsey Airport is an airport serving Grímsey, a small island 40 kilometres north of Iceland....
* - ÍsafjörðurÍsafjörðurÍsafjörður is a town in the north west of Iceland, seat of Ísafjarðarbær municipality.The town draws its name from the fjord and the fjord was given its name simultaneously to the island...
- Ísafjörður AirportÍsafjörður AirportÍsafjörður Airport is an airport serving Ísafjörður, a town in the Westfjords region in northwestern Iceland.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with a bituminous surface measuring .... - ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
- Reykjavík AirportReykjavík AirportReykjavík Airport Reykjavík Airport Reykjavík Airport (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurflugvöllur, is the chiefly domestic airport serving Reykjavík, Iceland. The airport lies two kilometres from Reykjavík's city centre. Possessing rather short runways, it normally only serves flights within Iceland and to... - VopnafjörðurVopnafjörðurVopnafjörður is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjordur are fish processing, agriculture, and tourism and other services....
- Vopnafjörður AirportVopnafjörður Airport-External links:*...
* - ÞórshöfnÞórshöfnÞórshöfn is a small fishing village in northeast Iceland, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay.The village has a population of 380 people. It is the administrative centre of Langanesbyggð municipality and of the neighbouring Svalbarðshreppur municipality...
- Þórshöfn AirportÞórshöfn Airport-Accidents and incidents:*In July 1969, Douglas R4D-6 41-50187 of the United States Air Force was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Þórshöfn Airport.-External links:**....
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Greenland
- IlulissatIlulissatIlulissat is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, located approximately north of the Arctic Circle. With the population of 4,546 as of 2010, it is the third-largest settlement in Greenland, after Nuuk and Sisimiut....
- Ilulissat AirportIlulissat AirportIlulissat Airport is an airport located near the shores of Disko Bay, north-east of Ilulissat, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. It was built in 1983, replacing the old heliport.- Airlines and destinations :... - IttoqqortoormiitIttoqqortoormiitIttoqqortoormiit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population is 469 as of 2010.The Danish name Scoresbysund derives from the name of the Arctic explorer and whaler William Scoresby, who was the first to map the area in 1822. The Greenlandic name...
- Nerlerit Inaat AirportNerlerit Inaat AirportNerlerit Inaat Airport is an airport in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. It is located on Jameson Land and serves the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, approximately to the south-east. The airport can serve STOL aircraft. A Bell 222 helicopter of Air Greenland is permanently housed at... - KulusukKulusukKulusuk is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, located on an island of the same name. The settlement population of 286 is quite uncommon for an Inuit settlement in Greenland with many Danes choosing to live there, due to the airport...
- Kulusuk AirportKulusuk AirportKulusuk Airport is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the shore of the North Atlantic in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.- Airlines and destinations :- Bottlenecks :... - NarsarsuaqNarsarsuaqNarsarsuaq is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It had 158 inhabitants in 2010. There is a thriving tourism industry in and around Narsarsuaq, whose attractions include a great diversity of wildlife, gemstones, tours to glaciers, and an airfield museum...
- Narsarsuaq Airport [seasonal] - NuukNuukNuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in...
- Nuuk AirportNuuk AirportNuuk Airport is an airport in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The airport is a technical base and focus city for Air Greenland, the flag-carrier airline of Greenland, linking the capital with several towns in western and south-western part of the country, including the airline hub at Kangerlussuaq...
*Flights operated by Norlandair
Norlandair
Norlandair is an Icelandic airline founded in 2008. Norlandair's fleet consists of three DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, including one on lease from Air Greenland. Additionally it operates one King Air....
Fleet
As of June 2011, the Air Iceland fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 19.1 years:| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bombardier Dash 8-100 | |||
| Fokker 50 Fokker F50 The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were built by Fokker in the Netherlands... |
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| Total | 9 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 March 2011, as Dash 8 TF-JMB was landing at the Nuuk AirportNuuk AirportNuuk Airport is an airport in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The airport is a technical base and focus city for Air Greenland, the flag-carrier airline of Greenland, linking the capital with several towns in western and south-western part of the country, including the airline hub at Kangerlussuaq...
it got hit by a flawWindWind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
and the right wheel broke off causing the aircraft to slide off the runway. All 31 people on board were unharmed.