Tag: Isavia

  • A lightning strike caused a power outage

    A lightning strike caused a power outage

    On Thursday, around 2 p.m., there was a power outage on the Reykjanes Peninsula, and about an hour later in Reykjavik. As reported by RÚV, the Suðurnesjalína 1 power line was damaged by a lightning strike. There were no power outages at Keflavík Airport. An Isavia representative confirmed that the backup power source activated immediately…

  • They want a 25% pay rise

    They want a 25% pay rise

    Air traffic controllers are demanding a 25% pay increase during salary negotiations with Isavia. This is what Morgunblaðið sources say. The total salary of air traffic controllers last year, according to Statistics Iceland, was on average 1,584,000. ISK per month, of which the basic salary was PLN 915,000, while the total remuneration was PLN 1,584,000.…

  • Thousands of grounded passengers

    Thousands of grounded passengers

    The flights of thousands of travelers were disrupted due to a temporary strike by air traffic controllers that began at 4 a.m. yesterday and lasted until 10 a.m. Negotiations between the Icelandic Air Traffic Controllers Association (FÍF) and Isavia at the state mediation office ended at nine o'clock yesterday evening and it was agreed that…

  • Flights canceled due to storm

    Flights canceled due to storm

    Almost all overnight flights from Keflavík Airport until noon were canceled or postponed. A yellow weather alert came into force for the south-east yesterday evening and will remain in force for almost 24 hours. On the Isavia website you can see that yesterday’s and this morning’s flights were canceled and some flights this morning were…

  • Kontrola napływu turystów jest prosta, ale niepotrzebna

    Kontrola napływu turystów jest prosta, ale niepotrzebna

    „To nie jest skomplikowany temat, jeśli chcemy wprowadzić zmiany w liczbie turystów odwiedzających kraj. Naszą swego rodzaju bramą do kraju jest lotnisko, na którym operuje Isavia. Jeśli czujemy, że wpuszczamy do kraju zbyt wiele osób, ponieważ kontrola dostępu nie jest wystarczająca, zawsze możemy ją wprowadzić za pomocą naszego portu lotniczego. To tylko kwestia zarządzania zasobami…

  • German Airlines has canceled flights to Akureyri and Egilsstadir

    German Airlines has canceled flights to Akureyri and Egilsstadir

    German airline Condor has canceled planned flights to and from Akureyri and Egilsstaðir that were announced last summer. When the introduction of flights was announced, weekly services were originally planned between Frankfurt and regional airports in Iceland. According to Isavia, travel agencies and travel agencies should be given more time to prepare bookings for trips…

  • Isavia encourages travelers to book airport parking in advance

    Isavia encourages travelers to book airport parking in advance

    Passengers who intend to travel from Keflavík Airport during the Easter period are encouraged to book a parking space at the terminal in advance. There is a good chance that the long-stay car park at Keflavík Airport will be fully occupied around Easter. The notice from Isavia states that parking can be booked on the…

  • Almost all flights from Keflavik have been cancelled

    Almost all flights from Keflavik have been cancelled

    According to the Isavia website, almost all flights from Keflavik Airport have been canceled due to the weather. The only scheduled flight is Wizz Air’s flight to Budapest at 5pm, though you can expect that to be canceled as well if the winds don’t stabilize. Guðjón Helgason, Isavia’s information representative, said it was up to…

  • Limited check-in service

    Limited check-in service

    At Keflavík Airport today, January 31, the construction of new baggage belts, which are located behind the check-in desk in the departure hall, began. The work will be carried out until April. Due to these changes, until the construction is completed, passenger service will be limited. Such information was given in the proclamation from Isavia.…

  • Christmas in the cold and wind while waiting for the buses

    Christmas in the cold and wind while waiting for the buses

    A large group of tourists waited for at least an hour in six-degree frost outside the airport for the buses. There were about three hundred people in line, and people were very cold. Many of the flights were already delayed, so no doubt they were worried they wouldn’t make it in time for Christmas Eve.…

  • Keflavík Airport is being expanded

    Keflavík Airport is being expanded

    The new wing at Keflavík Airport will be commissioned in stages from the end of next year. The estimated completion of the works is 2024. Isavia predicts that 2.2 million tourists will come to Iceland next year. The project was presented at this morning’s Isavia meeting. According to information provided by Isavia, they will use…

  • Additional fee for creating an alternate airport

    Additional fee for creating an alternate airport

    The Minister of Infrastructure proposed to impose an additional airport tax of 200 isk per passenger. The bill to introduce the fee was presented to the parliamentary committee this week. Based on six million passengers, the revenue of the state treasury could amount to as much as one and a half billion crowns. Isavia and…

  • Isavia employees have free Icelandic lessons during working hours

    Isavia employees have free Icelandic lessons during working hours

    Isavia invites its employees to Icelandic language courses during working hours. The company’s teaching consultant says this is improving the situation for workers whose mother tongue is not Icelandic. Employees can choose to attend Icelandic language courses during or outside working hours, in all cases completely free of charge. Classes are held twice a week…

  • False bomb threat

    False bomb threat

    Yesterday, an alarm was activated at the international airport in Keflavik due to the bomb threat. Information about the threat appeared on Twitter. The author of the post said he was wearing a bomb vest and was going to blow himself up at the airport. According to information provided by Isavia, due to the threat,…

  • 6.2 million passengers at Keflavík Airport according to a new forecast

    6.2 million passengers at Keflavík Airport according to a new forecast

    Isavia’s updated passenger forecast for 2022 assumes that as many as 6.2 million passengers will pass through Keflavík Airport this year. That’s half a million more than expected in May. “Despite faster-than-expected passenger growth, airport personnel have managed to keep passenger services running smoothly this season.” – we read in the press release […] Article…

  • In Reykjavik, it’s cheaper to park a jet than a car

    In Reykjavik, it’s cheaper to park a jet than a car

    Parking a passenger car in a parking lot in the center of Reykjavik costs CZK 440 per hour, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, while at night each hour costs SEK 210. Thus, the cost of parking for a car parked for five days and nights is 39,000 crowns. As ISAVIA confirms, the owners of…

  • The largest number of tourists since 2015

    The largest number of tourists since 2015

    According to estimates by the Icelandic Tourist Organization and Isavia, the departures of foreign passengers from the country via Keflavík airport in November amounted to around 75,000. The Icelandic Tourism Organization says it is necessary to go back to November 2015 to see a similar number of departures from overseas passengers. Since the beginning of…

  • An agreement was signed regarding construction works at the airport in Keflavík

    An agreement was signed regarding construction works at the airport in Keflavík

    Isavia today signed a contract with Ístak to build a new 1,200-meter taxiway for aircraft at Keflavík Airport and the next phase of construction of the new eastern wing of the airport terminal. Ístak submitted the most advantageous bid, although the tender was international, it was announced in the EEA countries. The total cost of…

  • American tourists choose Iceland

    American tourists choose Iceland

    In October, the number of foreign departures from Keflavik airport was approximately 103,000, reports Isavia and the Icelandic Tourist Agency. According to the data, Americans were the largest number of tourists visiting Iceland. About 548,000 passengers have left Iceland since the beginning of this year, according to a statement by the Icelandic Tourist Agency. Last…

  • Hekla too?

    Hekla too?

    “Since the last eruption of the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland in 2000, the ground has been steadily rising here,” Páll Einarsson, geophysicist and professor emeritus told Morgunblaðið. He added that already in 2006 inflation was as high as before the eruption in 2000. It can be said that since then the volcano is ready…

  • Two new bids to build Akureyri Airport

    Two new bids to build Akureyri Airport

    Two offers for upgrades and alterations to the Akureyri Airport terminal have been received. So far, Isavia has rejected the only bid that was received this fall when the tender for the work was announced. Current bids have been received from the contractors Húsheild and Hyrna. Húsheild’s bid is nearly ISK 865 million, while Hyrna’s…

  • Former director of service for Isavia found guilty of accepting a bribe

    Former director of service for Isavia found guilty of accepting a bribe

    The former director of Isavia’s service department, Iceland’s airport and air navigation operator, was found guilty of accepting a bribe in connection with the airport parking lot ticketing service. RÚV reports that on Friday the Court of Appeals overturned a previous Reykjavik District Court ruling on the case finding the director guilty of fraud and…

  • Almost 900,000 passengers

    Almost 900,000 passengers

    According to mbl.is, between June 1 and August 31 this year, the international airport in Keflavík handled nearly 900,000 passengers. In the comparable period of 2019, there were almost 2.5 million of them. According to information from the company Isavia, which manages the airport, this means a decrease of 64%. But compared to the summer…

  • The new terminal in Akureyri heralds a huge change in tourism

    The new terminal in Akureyri heralds a huge change in tourism

    Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Minister of Transport and Communications, made a symbolic digging of the shovel for the construction of a new building with an area of ​​1100 m², which will be built at the current airport in Akureyri. In addition to the new terminal, the apron will be expanded, making the airport better equipped to…

  • SAS plans to fly six times a week

    SAS plans to fly six times a week

    Scandinavian airline SAS announced on June 14 that it intends to start direct flights between Copenhagen and Keflavík. Isavia’s spokesman confirmed that the airline unveiled its plans for an Icelandic airport yesterday. Initially, there will be flights between the airports three times a week, but from June 27 the number of flights will be there…

  • New bus connections between the airport and Reykjavik

    New bus connections between the airport and Reykjavik

    From February 27, bus connections between the international airport in Keflavik and Reykjavik were resumed. In January this year, bus transport was suspended due to limited flight schedules to and from Iceland. Connections were renewed by Reykjavík Excursions. In the carrier’s announcement, CEO Björn Ragnarsson stated that the reason for the reintroduction of transport services…

  • Americans are patrolling Icelandic airspace

    Americans are patrolling Icelandic airspace

    Five US military transport aircraft Boeing C-17 Globemaster and military aircraft Boeing 747, have arrived in Iceland and will accompany the F-15 Eagle fighters on the airspace patrolling mission, which from today will be carried out as part of NATO exercises. C-17 Globemaster III / US Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo…

  • Much less air traffic around Iceland

    Much less air traffic around Iceland

    Air traffic in the Reykjavík-controlled area accounts for less than a third of last September’s traffic. This applies to both passenger and cargo flights. Meanwhile, air traffic in the Schengen area accounts for only 50% of traffic before the COVID-19 pandemic, he says Ásgeir Pálsson, Managing Director of Isavia, a management company in the area…

  • The number of unemployed people in Reykjanesbær is increasing

    The number of unemployed people in Reykjanesbær is increasing

    About one fifth of Reykjanesbær’s population is currently unemployed. The Minister of Communications is considering building port facilities that could create hundreds of jobs. The commune authorities intend to respond to the situation by offering financial help to those in need. Kjartan Már Kjartansson / photo: visir.is The economy of Suðurnes has been hit hard…