Transportation - Travel

Easyjet transports Volcanic Ash from Iceland - VIDEO

EasyJet wants to test a new ash cloud technology and therefor came to Iceland to collect and bring back one thousand kilos of ash from Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The ash was collected by the Institute of Earth Sciences in Reykjavik.

Friday, 10 May 2013 09:48

Icelandic Ring Road on the Top 10 Coastal Drives List

Few things can make you feel at peace and a great drive and enjoying the beach is definitely high up on the list. Iceland has a Ring Road that goes all around the island and offers very magnificent and different interesting places all around.

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 03:32

Punctual Airlines in Iceland

Over the last months, Icelandic airlines punctuality has been excellent. The airplanes almost always take off on time, but occasionally arrive slightly late.

Sunday, 05 May 2013 13:47

Icelandair and WestJet join forces to open skies between North America and Europe

Wednesday April 17th 2013 - WestJet Press Release. WestJet and Icelandair have launched a new interline agreement opening up the skies for passengers connecting between the Americas and more than 20 Icelandair destinations throughout Europe.

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 18:45

Record traffic again this summer at Keflavik international airport

2013 is off to a good start already with a 25.7 per cent increase in passenger traffic in January-March. Six airlines operate in winter schedule this year compared to three in 2012.

Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:04

Newark will be the 11th Icelandair gateway in North America

Icelandair has announced it will begin scheduled flights to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) on October 28, 2013. Icelandair has served the New York City area for over 60 years with flights to John F. Kennedy International (JFK) and will continue to do so. The Newark service is intended to supplement the JFK flights and will operate four times weekly on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Monday, 08 April 2013 16:30

Icelandair: More passengers but less seat utilization

A total of 145 thousand passengers traveled with Icelandair this past March, 22% increase from March 2012. 31% more seats were offered this March and seat utilization was 79.3%, 1.7% less than a year ago.

Monday, 08 April 2013 11:45

Tourists at Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, South-East Iceland

Record number of visitors to Iceland in January and February 2013

Tourism continues to boom in Iceland. Never before have so many visitors traveled to Iceland during the two first months of the year, as in 2013. It is safe to say that the year 2013 starts with a boom, around 74.000 foreign visitors departed from Iceland in January and February 2013, compared to 54.100 departures last year. That is a 36% increase between years.

Tuesday, 02 April 2013 16:36

EasyJet Expands its Business in Iceland

The British airline EasyJet has decided to double their operations in Iceland and plan to offer three routes between the UK and Iceland, all year round. They will fly between Iceland and London, Edinburgh and Manchester, a total of 11 times a week. Six times a week to and from London.

Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:38

Keflavik Airport is the 4th Best in Europe

Four years ago, Iceland's International Keflavík Airport was voted the Best airport in Europe and in 2011 it was voted the Best small airport in Europe. This year, KEF Airport did not make it to the top three, but got 4th place.

Friday, 22 March 2013 17:37