Isavia

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Isavia ohf.
Type State owned
Industry Airport authority
Founded 2010
Headquarters Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík, Iceland
Area served Iceland
Employees 630 (2012)
Parent Government of Iceland
Website isavia.is

Isavia ohf. is the national airport and air navigation service provider of Iceland. The company operates all public airports and air navigation services in a vast area in the north-eastern Atlantic. The company headquarters is at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík.[1]

History

The enterprise was founded in 1945 as the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (Flugmálastjórn Íslands). With the creation of the government enterprise Flugstodir ltd. in 2006, the operational services were separated from the regulatory authority of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. 31st of January 2010 Flugstodir and Keflavik International Airport Ltd. were merged into a private limited company with 100 per cent state ownership, Isavia ltd. [2]

Airports

Isavia operates all public airports in Iceland. A total of 2,165,423 international passengers and 781,357 domestic passengers passed through these airports in 2011.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "." Isavia Annual Report. Retrieved on 5 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Isavia. "Isavia History". Retrieved 2012-09-05. 
  3. ↑ Isavia. "Iceland 2011 Aviation Fact File". Retrieved 2012-09-05. 

External links

  • (Icelandic) Isavia, official web site
  • (English) Isavia, official web site
International
Domestic
Unscheduled
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