According to Isavia, which manages Icelandic airports, the number of passengers on private airplanes passing through Reykjavík airport was 2,518 in 2016. The number has been growing slowly, but steadily in the past years. However, a slight decrease in the number of passengers on private aircraft has been recorded during the first four months of this year, compared to the first four months of last year.
The four largest airports of Iceland, Keflavík International Airport, Reykjavík City Airport, as well as Akureyri Airport in North Iceland and Egilsstaðir Airport in East Iceland, recently launched a campaign to lure more private jets to Iceland, offering a gift basket to all private jets which stop over to refuel. Forbes reports that the gift basket includes Icelandic brennivín, beer from the craft brewery Borg as well as Icelandic spring water.
Isavia does not specifically log the number of passengers on private jets, but rather counts everyone who enters the country on any private aircraft. A spokesman for Isavia told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that the figure includes people flying all types of aircraft, from small propeller planes to large private jets, pilots who are ferrying planes between Europe and North America as well as passengers on private luxury jets.
The number of private jets increased rapidly during the pre-crash financial boom, reaching a peak in 2007 when the number of passengers on private aircraft passing through Reykjavík was 5,316. The following year the number crashed, along with the global financial system and the overleveraged Icelandic banks, dropping to 1,519.
According to Isavia, which manages Icelandic airports, the number of passengers on private airplanes passing through Reykjavík airport was 2,518 in 2016. The number has been growing slowly, but steadily in the past years. However, a slight decrease in the number of passengers on private aircraft has been recorded during the first four months of this year, compared to the first four months of last year.
The four largest airports of Iceland, Keflavík International Airport, Reykjavík City Airport, as well as Akureyri Airport in North Iceland and Egilsstaðir Airport in East Iceland, recently launched a campaign to lure more private jets to Iceland, offering a gift basket to all private jets which stop over to refuel. Forbes reports that the gift basket includes Icelandic brennivín, beer from the craft brewery Borg as well as Icelandic spring water.
Isavia does not specifically log the number of passengers on private jets, but rather counts everyone who enters the country on any private aircraft. A spokesman for Isavia told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that the figure includes people flying all types of aircraft, from small propeller planes to large private jets, pilots who are ferrying planes between Europe and North America as well as passengers on private luxury jets.
The number of private jets increased rapidly during the pre-crash financial boom, reaching a peak in 2007 when the number of passengers on private aircraft passing through Reykjavík was 5,316. The following year the number crashed, along with the global financial system and the overleveraged Icelandic banks, dropping to 1,519.
