Delta Air Lines has started flying year–round between Iceland’s Keflavík International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. This is the first winter Delta has offered continual service between Iceland and the United States.
The flight operates four times a week during the winter using a Boeing 757-200 aircraft. It will then resume to a daily service from May 1 when the aircraft also changes to a 234-seat Boeing 757-300. An eighth weekly flight will be added for the peak summer, departing Keflavík on Sundays, between June and August.
“We have been building our presence here over the past five years and are pleased to see statistics showing that travellers from North America are now the largest incoming source market to Iceland,” said Dwight James, Delta’s Senior Vice President – trans-Atlantic. “Offering a comprehensive network across North America with one-stop connections to Iceland enhances both trade and tourism opportunities between our countries.
Data from the Icelandic Tourist Board shows that 360,000 U.S. visitors and 74,000 Canadians have been to Iceland in the first ten months of 2016, outnumbering the country’s total population, which stands at 332,000.
Meanwhile, Delta has also announced that its Keflavík to Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport summer seasonal service will return in 2017, following a successful first season this year. Flights will operate daily from May 26, 2017 using a Boeing 757-300 aircraft. All of Delta’s Iceland services are operated in conjunction with partners Air France and KLM.
Through its hubs at New York-JFK and Minneapolis, customers can connect to more than 80 destinations throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Icelandic airlines Icelandair and WOW Air also offer numerous North America destinations.
Delta Air Lines has started flying year–round between Iceland’s Keflavík International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. This is the first winter Delta has offered continual service between Iceland and the United States.
The flight operates four times a week during the winter using a Boeing 757-200 aircraft. It will then resume to a daily service from May 1 when the aircraft also changes to a 234-seat Boeing 757-300. An eighth weekly flight will be added for the peak summer, departing Keflavík on Sundays, between June and August.
“We have been building our presence here over the past five years and are pleased to see statistics showing that travellers from North America are now the largest incoming source market to Iceland,” said Dwight James, Delta’s Senior Vice President – trans-Atlantic. “Offering a comprehensive network across North America with one-stop connections to Iceland enhances both trade and tourism opportunities between our countries.
Data from the Icelandic Tourist Board shows that 360,000 U.S. visitors and 74,000 Canadians have been to Iceland in the first ten months of 2016, outnumbering the country’s total population, which stands at 332,000.
Meanwhile, Delta has also announced that its Keflavík to Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport summer seasonal service will return in 2017, following a successful first season this year. Flights will operate daily from May 26, 2017 using a Boeing 757-300 aircraft. All of Delta’s Iceland services are operated in conjunction with partners Air France and KLM.
Through its hubs at New York-JFK and Minneapolis, customers can connect to more than 80 destinations throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Icelandic airlines Icelandair and WOW Air also offer numerous North America destinations.
