Iceland Express

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Iceland Express

IATA HW	ICAO FHE	Callsign FlyHello
Founded		2002
Hubs		Keflavík International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Akureyri Airport
Fleet size		3
Destinations		8
Parent company		Fons Eignarhaldsfélag
Headquarters		Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people		Matthías Imsland, Managing Director Pálmi Haraldsson, Chairman of the board
Website: http://www.icelandexpress.com

Iceland Express is a low-fare airline based at Keflavík International Airport near Reykjavík, Iceland.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 2002 and began operations on February 27, 2003 with daily flights to London and Copenhagen. Hello operates all services on behalf of Iceland Express. Services were formerly operated by Astraeus and then JetX Airlines. Iceland Express is owned by Fons Eignarhaldsfelag.

[edit] Services

Iceland Express operates the following scheduled services (at October 2006):

Reykjavik to Copenhagen
Reykjavik to London Stansted
Reykjavik to Hahn
Reykjavik to Alicante
Reykjavik to Berlin Schönefeld
Akureyri to Copenhagen, the first service to not operate out of Keflavík.
Akureyri to London Stansted

From the summer of 2007, Iceland Express will also fly to following cities:

Reykjavik to Billund, Denmark
Reykjavik to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Reykjavik to Bergen Airport, Flesland
Reykjavik to Paris, France
Reykjavik to Gothenburg, Sweden
Reykjavik to Basel, Switzerland
Reykjavik to Eindhoven, Netherlands
Egilsstadir to Copenhagen

[edit] Fleet

The Iceland Express fleet consists of three 150-168 seat McDonnell Douglas MD-90 (at May 2006) operated by Swiss charter company, Hello AG based in Basel, Swiss under the name of Fly Hello.

Fleet list (as of November 2006):