Air Iceland

Air Iceland Fokker F50

Air Iceland is a regional airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It operates scheduled services to domestic destinations and to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Its main bases are Reykjavík and Akureyri Airport.

Code data

*IATA Code: NY
*ICAO Code: FNA
*Callsign: Faxi

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 Icelandair Domestic and Norlandair (Flugfélag Nordurlands) resulted in the present name in 1997. It is wholly owned by Flugleidir - Icelandair Group.

Services

Air Iceland operates the following services (at January 2005):
*Domestic scheduled destinations: Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Grímsey, Ísafjörður, Reykjavík, Þórshöfn and Vopnafjörður.
*International scheduled destinations: Faroe Islands, and Kulusuk, Greenland.

Fleet

The Air Iceland fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):
*2 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
*2 Fairchild Metro 23
*1 Fairchild Metro III
*6 Fokker 50
*2 De Havilland Canada Dash 8 - 100

External links

*Air Iceland