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2.12.2022

2023 expected to be the third biggest year in the history of Keflavik Airport

Isavia has presented its passenger forecast for the year 2023. The forecast predicts 7.8 million passengers at Keflavik International Airport next year and 2.2 million tourists in Iceland. This would be the third biggest year for the airport.

17.11.2022

Passengers are returning to Iceland

Winter has arrived in Iceland and passenger numbers continue to exceed the past years during the Pandemic.

15.11.2022

Road closure affecting travel from Keflavik Airport to Reykjavik

Important information for passengers travelling from Keflavik Airport to Reykjavík and the capital area from 19:00 Thursday November 17th to 12:00 Friday November 18th. Due to paving works, Reykjanesbraut will be closed from Grindavíkurvegur towards Reykjavík during that period. Detour via Grindavíkurvegur (43) and Krýsuvíkurvegur (42) for those on their way to the capital area.

14.10.2022

Jómfrúin opens at Keflavík Airport

SSP Norway, part of the global company SSP Group had the winning bid in a commercial tender for the operation of two restaurants that will be opened at Keflavík Airport in February next year. SSP will run a restaurant in collaboration with the Icelandic company Jómfrúin. SSP will also start operations of a bistro named Elda where the internationally renowned, Reykjavik based master chef Snorri Victor Gylfason, will be in charge of menu development and recipes.

12.10.2022

Highest departing number in September ever

The first month of autumn in Iceland was busy at Keflavík airport.

29.9.2022

Isavia Interim Results - June 30th 2022

Isavia Group’s operating result before depreciation, interests and taxes (EBITDA) in the first half of 2022 was ISK 968 million. This compares to a negative operating result of ISK 3,2 billion for the same period last year. Revenue rose by ISK 9,5 billion year-on-year, totalling ISK 15,8 billion in 2022. Although COVID-19 continued to affect the company’s performance in the first half of 2022, results were considerably better than expected.

13.9.2022

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks Expand Iceland Programme - Increase Capacity by 24% for Winter 23/24

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have announced an expanded programme to Iceland for Winter 2023/2024. Flights and city breaks will be on sale from nine UK bases. The expansion includes a brand-new programme of scheduled services from Newcastle International Airport in addition to scheduled services from Birmingham, Leeds Bradford and Manchester Airports. Trips will also be available from Belfast International, Bristol, Edinburgh, East Midlands and Glasgow Airports.

8.9.2022

6.2 Million Passengers Expected Via Keflavik International Airport this Year

Isavia’s updated passenger forecast for 2022 expects 6.2 million passengers to pass through Keflavík International Airport this year, or about half a million more than Isavia’s updated passenger forecast, published last May, predicted. This is a big increase from the passenger assumptions at the beginning of the year, when almost 4.6 million passengers were expected in 2022. Despite the faster-than-expected increase in the number of passengers, the airport staff managed to ensure that passenger services went smoothly.

12.8.2022

Would you like to run a bread and coffee-led unit at Keflavík Airport?

Isavia is looking for capable business partners to participate in a tender for operating a bread and coffee-led unit at Keflavík Airport. The opportunity in question involves the operation of three areas at the airport with a similar selection of F&B offering in each location.

10.8.2022

101% RECOVERY AT KEFLAVÍK AIRPORT SINCE 2019

The number of passengers passing through Keflavík Airport in the month of July this year was higher than in July 2019.

4.8.2022

Volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula

13.7.2022

German Airline Condor flies to Akureyri and Egilsstaðir in 2023

German airline Condor is bringing travellers to Iceland for the first time. From May to October in 2023, Condor will be flying once a week from Frankfurt to Akureyri in the north and to Egilsstaðir in the east of Iceland. This will be the first time the island state is on Condor's flight schedule. Travellers from Frankfurt can book flights to Akureyri and Egilsstaðir and travellers from Iceland can book flights to Frankfurt.