Cheap Icelandair Flights (FI)
Overview
Icelandair Group, listed on the NASDAQ OMX Iceland as ICEAIR, is a holding company with 11 independent subsidiaries focused on the airline and tourism sectors. The Group has two main business areas, Scheduled Airline and Tourism and Capacity Solutions. Iceland is the focus of Scheduled Airline and Tourism, with the international airline Icelandair, Icelandair Ground Services (IGS) Icelandair Cargo, Iceland Travel, Air Iceland and Icelandair Hotels. Capacity Solutions offer broad worldwide aviation services with Loftleidir Icelandic, SmartLynx, Bluebird Cargo, and Icelease. The Group's financial services are handled by Fjarvakur.
Icelandair Group owns and operates profitable and dynamic travel and transport companies delivering safe, reliable and convenient services. The group creates value for its customers, employees and shareholders by focusing on customer needs, efficient service delivery and unique and superior value propositions. Icelandair Groupi invests in strong, profitable travel and transport companies with high potential for growth and future value creation.
Icelandair Group traces its roots to the year 1937 when a fledgling airline, Flugfélag Akureyrar, was founded at Akureyri on the north coast of Iceland.
In 1943 the company moved its headquarters to the capital, Reykjavík, and changed its name to Flugfélag Íslands, which later assumed the international trade name Icelandair.
Another important milestone was passed in 1944, when three young Icelandic pilots, returning from flight training in Canada, founded Loftleidir, later also known as Icelandic Airlines. Initially, both companies concentrated on Icelandic domestic air services.
However, in 1945 Flugfélag Íslands made its first international flights to Scotland and Denmark. Loftleidir began international operations in 1947, and its pioneering low-fare services across the North-Atlantic commenced in 1953.
In 1973 it was agreed to merge both Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleidir under a new holding company, Flugleidir. In October 1979 Flugleidir assumed all operating responsibilities of its two "parents", and decided to use Icelandair as its international trade name, only retaining the Flugleidir name in the Icelandic domestic market.
On the 50th anniversary of the company in 1987 a breakthrough agreement was signed with the Boeing company to renew the fleet of Icelandair that served international flight with a new route network. A new generation of Boeing jets, Boeing 757-200 and 737-400 replaced the older fleet gradually from 1989 to 1993, and then a single type fleet of Boeing 757 was established in the years preceding 2003.
In January 2003 Flugleidir became a holding company with 11 subsidiaries in the travel an tourist industry in Iceland, Icelandair being the largest subsidiary. In 2005 the name Flugleidir was changed to FL Group. The holding company announced its emphasis on investment.
In May 2005, a Boeing 767 aircraft was incorporated into Icelandair's route network serving between San Francisco and Iceland, the airline's first destination on the US west coast.
In October 2005, fundamental changes to the FL Group took place where investments became the focus of FL Group and its acquisitions and corporations were divided into groups – the Icelandair Group being one of them.
The board of directors of FL Group announced in Februay 2006 its intention to list Icelandair Group on ICEX.
In December 2006 Icelandair Group was listed as ICEAIR on the Iceland Stock Exchange.
On June 3 2007 Icelandair Group celebrated 70 years of operations.
During the second half of 2007 Icelandair Group expanded to the Czech Republic by purchasing the majority of the stock in Travel Service a.s.
Icelandair Group owns and operates profitable and dynamic travel and transport companies delivering safe, reliable and convenient services. The group creates value for its customers, employees and shareholders by focusing on customer needs, efficient service delivery and unique and superior value propositions. Icelandair Groupi invests in strong, profitable travel and transport companies with high potential for growth and future value creation.
Icelandair Group traces its roots to the year 1937 when a fledgling airline, Flugfélag Akureyrar, was founded at Akureyri on the north coast of Iceland.
In 1943 the company moved its headquarters to the capital, Reykjavík, and changed its name to Flugfélag Íslands, which later assumed the international trade name Icelandair.
Another important milestone was passed in 1944, when three young Icelandic pilots, returning from flight training in Canada, founded Loftleidir, later also known as Icelandic Airlines. Initially, both companies concentrated on Icelandic domestic air services.
However, in 1945 Flugfélag Íslands made its first international flights to Scotland and Denmark. Loftleidir began international operations in 1947, and its pioneering low-fare services across the North-Atlantic commenced in 1953.
In 1973 it was agreed to merge both Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleidir under a new holding company, Flugleidir. In October 1979 Flugleidir assumed all operating responsibilities of its two "parents", and decided to use Icelandair as its international trade name, only retaining the Flugleidir name in the Icelandic domestic market.
On the 50th anniversary of the company in 1987 a breakthrough agreement was signed with the Boeing company to renew the fleet of Icelandair that served international flight with a new route network. A new generation of Boeing jets, Boeing 757-200 and 737-400 replaced the older fleet gradually from 1989 to 1993, and then a single type fleet of Boeing 757 was established in the years preceding 2003.
In January 2003 Flugleidir became a holding company with 11 subsidiaries in the travel an tourist industry in Iceland, Icelandair being the largest subsidiary. In 2005 the name Flugleidir was changed to FL Group. The holding company announced its emphasis on investment.
In May 2005, a Boeing 767 aircraft was incorporated into Icelandair's route network serving between San Francisco and Iceland, the airline's first destination on the US west coast.
In October 2005, fundamental changes to the FL Group took place where investments became the focus of FL Group and its acquisitions and corporations were divided into groups – the Icelandair Group being one of them.
The board of directors of FL Group announced in Februay 2006 its intention to list Icelandair Group on ICEX.
In December 2006 Icelandair Group was listed as ICEAIR on the Iceland Stock Exchange.
On June 3 2007 Icelandair Group celebrated 70 years of operations.
During the second half of 2007 Icelandair Group expanded to the Czech Republic by purchasing the majority of the stock in Travel Service a.s.
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