Iceland was one of the first countries in the world to introduce what seemed like a viable tourism plan. Well, about two months into opening its borders to visitors, Iceland is tightening up its rules. Iceland will be imposing more comprehensive border…
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A few weeks ago, Icelandair made headlines for its plan to fire all flight attendants and temporarily replace them with pilots. Now the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), which represents over five million transport workers in 41 countries,…
It looks like Icelandair flight attendants won't (temporarily) be replaced by pilots after all. A couple of days ago I wrote about how Icelandair intended to lay off all flight attendants. The plan was for flight attendants to temporarily be replaced…
As reported by The Reykjavik Grapevine, Icelandair has fired all of its flight attendants, as the company will instead try to find "another party in the Icelandic labor market" to replace current employees. As of July 20, 2020, and until further notice,…
Going back several weeks, Iceland looked like the most promising country for Americans to be able to visit this summer. While the country was first going to allow Americans as of June 15, that was then pushed back to July 1. Where does that stand now,…
Yesterday I wrote about Icelandair's frustrating and confusing flight schedule, and I wanted to provide an update to that, as Icelandair has published the latest flight schedule for the rest of the month... and it's bad news for Americans who were looking…
As noted by Frequent Miler, Icelandair has some fantastic business class fares for travel between various points in the US and various points in Europe for this upcoming fall and winter. Obviously there's a lot of uncertainty, but this is at least worth…
Iceland is expected to open to tourists from around the world as of June 15, 2020, though it appears to me that there may be one major logistical issue. Iceland’s plan to reopen to tourists Iceland is planning for a summer tourist season as of June 15,…
Iceland will soon be opening up to tourists from around the world by providing COVID-19 testing upon landing, and we now have a better sense of what that will look like. Iceland is planning for a summer tourist season as of June 15, 2020, and the country…
It goes without saying that we're probably all itching to go somewhere, the question just comes down to when it's responsible to travel again, and deciding if the answer varies based on where you go. That's why I think it's worth monitoring the plans…
Here’s an interesting update from aviation in Iceland, and I’m not sure what exactly to make of it… Air Iceland Connect & Icelandair integration Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect are both owned by Icelandair Group: Icelandair is…
Having grown up in Tampa, I'm always interested in watching how the airport has grown. I remember growing up the airport's only real transatlantic flight was on British Airways to London Gatwick, though since then the airport has grown significantly.…
One of the things that I love about Alaska Mileage Plan is that they have such a unique array of airline partners, and they even allow stopovers on one-way award tickets. One of Alaska's cool airline partners is Icelandair. The airlines partnered until…
Earlier today I wrote about how WOW Air ceased operations effective immediately. This seemed to be long overdue. Personally I also think they went about it in a classless way -- they haven't even updated their social channels to direct passengers to…
While this has been in process for a while, it's now confirmed. Icelandair Group has acquired a 51% stake in Cabo Verde Airlines, previously known as TACV. This is a process that was started last year, but the deal has just been closed between Cabo Verde…
In early November it was announced that Icelandair intended to acquire WOW Air, as Icelandair entered into a share purchasing agreement to purchase all WOW Air shares. With this deal, WOW Air would receive a total of 5.4% of Icelandair Group’s shares…
While we've seen a massive amount of transatlantic growth lately, a lot have questioned the sustainability of it. For example: -- A few weeks ago we saw Primera Air liquidate from one day to the next -- Norwegian continues to lose money and says fares…
If you're a regular reader here at OMAAT, you'll have noticed that we write about the two biggest airlines in Iceland, Icelandair and WOW Air, regularly. That is because, especially in the last 12 months, both airlines have dramatically increased their…
A few months ago, Ben wrote about how Icelandair was considering investing in struggling Portuguese airline Azores Airlines. For a country with a small population, Icelandair runs a sizeable operation and although they sometimes have poor fleet utilisation,…
While Icelandair and Azores Airlines are from very different islands in terms of climates, they operate similar business models. Both airlines offer passengers the opportunity to fly between North America and mainland Europe with a stop at their hub…
Icelandair just made an announcement that certainly bucks the industry trend. Generally we're seeing more and more airlines introduce premium economy. This is only natural as the size of economy seats continues to shrink, while the size of business class…
Icelandair is on a roll this week. Two days ago the airline announced their first new route of 2018, as they'll begin 3x weekly seasonal flights between Iceland and Kansas City as of May 2018. Then yesterday they announced that they'll offer 4x weekly…
Iceland’s two largest airlines — Icelandair and WOW Air — just can’t stop growing. They’ve been adding so many new flights to the US, using Iceland as a gateway between North America and mainland Europe. Icelandair announced several new destinations…
Iceland’s two largest airlines -- Icelandair and WOW Air -- just can’t stop growing. They've been adding so many new flights to the US, using Iceland as a gateway between North America and mainland Europe. Icelandair announced several new destinations…
