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Articles Tagged ‘Iceland Express’
Iceland Express launches new route to Vilnius in Lithuania from Reykjavik

Iceland Express launches new route to Vilnius in Lithuania from Reykjavik

Iceland Express now flies from Reykjavik Keflavik Airport to Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.

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Iceland Express now flies to Prague Airport in the Czech Republic

Iceland Express now flies to Prague in the Czech Republic from its Reykjavik Keflavik Airport base.

In April Ural Airlines’ new route from Moscow Domodedovo was welcomed with this spectacular cake featuring the cathedrals of Cologne and St Basil’s Moscow.

Cologne/Bonn welcomes six new airlines including Ryanair and Norwegian; germanwings now serving 67 destinations

Germany’s Cologne/Bonn airport is still dominated by Lufthansa’s LCC germanwings but it has attracted six new airlines this summer including Norwegian and Ryanair. Which country markets have gained (and lost) ground in recent years and which destinations have been added (and dropped) since last summer?

Ice-ing! Great cakes greet WOW in Paris and Cologne in recent days. WOW also took on germanwings on Reykjavik-Stuttgart during seven launches last week.

Icelandic tourism benefiting from 2010′s volcanic eruption; Icelandair, Iceland Express and WOW air all expanding

Traffic at Iceland’s main airport at Keflavik grew 18% last year and last week saw the launch of a new local LCC. But which foreign carriers are also present in Iceland and which LCCs recently started serving the country for the first time? And what’s at the country’s other main airports which our Editor recently visited?

Astrid Thüssing and Sebastian Maurans, Cologne/Bonn Airport’s Managers Business Development and Aviation Marketing, presented Iceland Express’ CCO Thorunn Reynisdottir with a cake to celebrate the airline’s arrival at the German airport.

Iceland Express starts seasonal Keflavik to Cologne/Bonn service

Iceland Express joins germanwings and WOW air in connecting Iceland with Cologne/Bonn.

New airline routes launched (7 - 13 June 2011)

New airline routes launched (7 – 13 June 2011)

53 new routes saw the light of day in the last week. But which low-cost airline took on three network carriers? And which airline returned to Baghdad after 21 years of absence? We have lots of pictures to go with the analysis and of course the downloadable spreadsheet detailing all the routes.

Iceland Express adds Boston, Chicago and Edinburgh

Iceland Express adds Boston, Chicago and Edinburgh

After introducing US flights last summer, Iceland Express has added two more US routes this week. But which European destinations has it dropped since last summer and how seasonal are its operations? Which are the only routes to operate daily in winter?

New airline routes launched (14 - 20 December)

New airline routes launched (14 – 20 December)

Ahead of Christmas, we have seen 83 new routes launch! You might have thought that route launch celebrations would be more low-key as Christmas celebrations take over, but we dare almost say it has been the contrary. We have fantastic photos from route launches all across the world!

New routes launched during the last week (Tuesday 28 September - Monday 4 October):

New routes launched during the last week
(Tuesday 28 September – Monday 4 October):

The last week has seen the launch of 35 new routes, of which eight were filling the void in the Mexican market after Mexicana’s demise. Plenty of cakes were baked to celebrate, but which airline opened a new base at a capital city airport? Which airline has changed its name just after launching two new international routes? And which South American city got its first connection with Europe since 1984?

Transatlantic capacity up 2.4% this summer; at least 24 new routes starting with ‘new’ United battling Delta for #1 status

Transatlantic capacity up 2.4% this summer; at least 24 new routes starting with ‘new’ United battling Delta for #1 status

Things are picking up on the historically lucrative transatlantic market with capacity up this summer and over two dozen new routes. But which are the leading country-pair markets and which airlines are expanding (and reducing) their presence.

New routes launched during the last week (Tuesday 1 June – Monday 7 June)

New routes launched during the last week
(Tuesday 1 June – Monday 7 June)

This week has seen the launch of over 100 new routes! The single airport to have experienced the most new routes is Keflavik Airport in Iceland, followed by Ireland’s Cork Airport.  The week’s routes are between 60 of the world’s countries, giving our coverage a truly global spread. We have all the details and lots of great celebratory pictures.

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