Icelandair signs Boeing deal for two 767-300s
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Icelandair will welcome two new Boeing 767-300 aircraft as part of an upgrade of its fleet.
The two aircraft will have capacity for 260 passengers and will join the airline’s fleet in spring, 2016.
They will be used on the busy London Heathrow-Reykjavik service that currently operates twice daily and along with other 4 UK airports provides the feeder service to Icelandair’s American and Canadian destinations. Icelandair’s London Heathrow operations will move to Terminal 2 on 25th March and the Gatwick-Reykjavik service is also due to increase to a daily frequency in 2016.
In 2015, Icelandair will operate 23 Boeing 757-200 that take 183 passengers and one 757-300 that takes 220 passengers.
It has not been decided whether the new aircraft will be purchased or leased.
Bjorgolfur Johannsson, President and CEO of Icelandair Group: “Operating one type of aircraft has been very economical for Icelandair but when the route network and the fleet reaches a certain size it becomes more feasible to have a broader range of aircraft in the fleet. High load factors all year round and limited number of landing slots on certain airports also support this decision.
We foresee further growth opportunities in the coming years with these changes to the fleet policy for passenger aircraft. The Boeing 767 aircraft can service markets that the current fleet cannot, which will enable us to go into new markets and connect them to the current route network.”
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