IcelandIcelandic airlines

Icelandair links Europe and North America via Keflavík.

7 airlines

Network airlines

Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.

Icelandair

FI / ICE

Iceland’s network airline links Europe and North America via Keflavík. The fleet is in the middle of a changeover: the Boeing 757 is disappearing as the 737 MAX and Airbus A321LR take over.

Low-cost carriers

Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.

Iceland Express

Historic Icelandic low-cost brand (2002–2012): Iceland Express challenged Icelandair out of Keflavík but never owned a single aircraft. It flew with leased jets from Astraeus, JetX, Hello and Holidays Czech Airlines – in 2012 WOW air took over the route network.

Loftleiðir

LL

Historic Icelandic airline: Loftleiðir flew from 1944, undercut Atlantic fares as a non-IATA member, came under the Flugleiðir holding in 1973 and merged into Icelandair in 1979.

PLAY

OG / FPY

Historic low-cost carrier from Iceland: founded in 2019 by former WOW air executives, flying red Airbus jets between Europe and North America from 2021 – and shut down on September 29, 2025.

WOW air

WW / WOW

Historic low-cost airline from Iceland: founded in 2011 by Skúli Mogensen, flying bright purple Airbus jets via Keflavík between Europe and North America – and finished on March 28, 2019.

Cargo airlines

All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.

Bluebird Nordic

BO / BBD

The historic cargo airline from Iceland flew mainly converted Boeing 737s from 2001 to 2024 – first as Bluebird Cargo, finally as Bluebird Nordic within the Avia Solutions Group.

Charter & wet lease

Companies that fly aircraft with crew for other airlines, tour operators or sports teams.

Air Atlanta Icelandic

CC / ABD

The Icelandic airline that almost never flies in Iceland: since 1986 Air Atlanta has leased widebodies with crew to other airlines, spent decades flying passenger jumbos on Hajj service and today mainly operates Boeing 747-400 freighters.

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