Competition for Icelandair 10. nóvember 2006 11:38 Iceland Express MD aircraft at Keflavík International Airport The British charter flight Astraeus, which flies out of Gatwick airport in the UK, has plans to apply for permit from the Icelandic Government to fly from Iceland to the United States. The flights will be in co-operation with Iceland Express. Iceland Express has already announced their plans to begin scheduling flights from Iceland to New York and Boston next spring, in direct competition with Icelandair. Astraeus and Iceland Express are financially linked. Fons, the ownership company of Pálmi Haraldsson and Jóhannes Kristinsson, owns 51 percent share in Astraeus. They paid 650 million kronur for the shares. Fons also fully owns Iceland Express. The plan is to use Boeing 757 owned by Astraeus for the flights to the United States. Iceland Express does not own aircrafts but has a wide sales net and routes to Scandinavia. Iceland Express passengers from Scandinavia then have the possibility to fly to Iceland and then the United States and vice versa. News News in English Mest lesið Veit um fjögur sjálfsvíg tengd gervigreind Innlent Þjófur fúlsaði við málverkunum en tók nóg af bjór Innlent Farmur flugvélaeldsneytis hafi ekki uppfyllt gæðastaðla Innlent Fannar bæjarstjóri kveður Grindavík Innlent Enn deilt um sameiningu: „Í raun sé verið að leggja niður Háskólann á Akureyri“ Innlent Vill drónavarnir á Íslandi Innlent Lögreglan vilji kæfa glæpahópa í fæðingu Innlent Ölvaðir og í annarlegu ástandi Innlent Trans kærasta Robinsons hafi verið „skelfingu lostin“ Erlent Ekki blettur á ferlinum að missa vinnuna Innlent
The British charter flight Astraeus, which flies out of Gatwick airport in the UK, has plans to apply for permit from the Icelandic Government to fly from Iceland to the United States. The flights will be in co-operation with Iceland Express. Iceland Express has already announced their plans to begin scheduling flights from Iceland to New York and Boston next spring, in direct competition with Icelandair. Astraeus and Iceland Express are financially linked. Fons, the ownership company of Pálmi Haraldsson and Jóhannes Kristinsson, owns 51 percent share in Astraeus. They paid 650 million kronur for the shares. Fons also fully owns Iceland Express. The plan is to use Boeing 757 owned by Astraeus for the flights to the United States. Iceland Express does not own aircrafts but has a wide sales net and routes to Scandinavia. Iceland Express passengers from Scandinavia then have the possibility to fly to Iceland and then the United States and vice versa.
News News in English Mest lesið Veit um fjögur sjálfsvíg tengd gervigreind Innlent Þjófur fúlsaði við málverkunum en tók nóg af bjór Innlent Farmur flugvélaeldsneytis hafi ekki uppfyllt gæðastaðla Innlent Fannar bæjarstjóri kveður Grindavík Innlent Enn deilt um sameiningu: „Í raun sé verið að leggja niður Háskólann á Akureyri“ Innlent Vill drónavarnir á Íslandi Innlent Lögreglan vilji kæfa glæpahópa í fæðingu Innlent Ölvaðir og í annarlegu ástandi Innlent Trans kærasta Robinsons hafi verið „skelfingu lostin“ Erlent Ekki blettur á ferlinum að missa vinnuna Innlent