Private company

Islandsflug

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Icelandic airline and aircraft leasing company

Íslandsflug (Icelandic pronunciation: lit. 'Iceland Air') was an airline and aircraft leasing company based at Keflavík International Airport, Reykjavík.2 It ceased to exist in 2004.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
Islandsflug B737-400 TF-ELD
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Íslandsflug (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈistlan(t)sˌflʏːɣ], lit. 'Iceland Air') was an airline and aircraft leasing company based at Keflavík International Airport, Reykjavík.2

The story

The airline was established in 1991 by the merger of two small domestic scheduled airlines, Arnarflug innanlands hf. and Flugtak. In 1994, the airline began overnight parcel services to East Midlands Airport using a Fairchild Metro aircraft. The airline took delivery of its first ATR-42 in 1996. In 1997, the airline became a jet operator with the delivery of its first Boeing 737-200QC which was used for passenger and freight services.

Íslandsflug's first widebody aircraft, an Airbus A310, was delivered in 2001, making the airline the first Airbus operator in Iceland.

In 2005 it merged into Air Atlanta Icelandic. Landsflug took over the domestic operations of Islandsflug.

From Wikipedia’s article on Íslandsflug, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Íslandsflug operated the following aircraft:

9 Boeing 737-300

6 Boeing 737-400

6 Airbus A300

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4 Dornier 228

3 Airbus A310

3 ATR 42

3 Beech 99

2 Boeing 737-200

1 Dornier 328

1 Swearingen Merlin

From Wikipedia’s article on Íslandsflug, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2004Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1991Founded Founded1

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