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Icelandair leases additional aircraft to address flight backlog at Keflavik

Air
James Chapple
21 December 2022

Icelandair has leased two additional aircraft to help clear a backlog of flights to and from Iceland’s only international airport – Keflavik – after the country was beset by fierce winter weather this week.

(Credit: Young Shih / Unsplash)

Southwest Iceland has been experiencing eruptions since late last year (Credit: Young Shih / Unsplash)

The first leased aircraft had been due to depart for Copenhagen at 10pm on Tuesday night (20 December). Icelandair said that while the outlook for travel on Wednesday (21 December) was good, further disruption was anticipated.

"Our team are working extremely hard to rebook all customers who have been affected by the disruptions," said the carrier. "Please bear with us as we anticipate it may still take some time to accommodate everyone.

"In the morning [Wednesday], we expect it will be clear what options are available to us in terms of setting up extra flights, in addition to those which will already be provided by the temporarily leased aircraft joining our fleet."