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Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja

Icelandic regional airline

Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja was a small regional airline based in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. It was operational from 1983 until 2010.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja Islander KvW
Photo: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja was a small regional airline based in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. It was operational from 1983 until 2010.2

The story

The airline was established in 1983 to provide aviation services for the inhabitants of Vestmannaeyjar and also for tourists visiting the location. It operated both scheduled and charter services along with sightseeing and cargo flights. It also carried aout all ambulance flights from and to Vestmannaeyjar.

In 2001 it started scheduled flights between Vestmannaeyjar and Bakki, and 30.000 passengers were carried on this flight each year. With the impending opening of a new harbor and ferry terminal close to Bakki airport and with dwindling business the airline ceased operations in May 2010.

From Wikipedia’s article on Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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