Iceland Express

 

Iceland Express was a low-fare airline from Reykjavík, Iceland offering flights to various destinations in Europe and United States. 

For most of the time the flights are operated by Astraeus Airlines, which had been taken over by the same group, using 737 and 757 aircraft.

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History

The airline was established in 2002 and began operations on 27 February 2003. In the Autumn of 2008, Astraeus Airlines started flying operations on behalf of Iceland Express with two Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

The airline was owned by Icelandic investment group, Northern Travel Holding. This was then purchased by Fons in September 2008, just prior to Fons bankruptcy the firm was passed to a sister company Fengur.  

Fengur acquired 100% of Astraeus Airlines and the company started trans-Atlantic flights to Newark 4x a week and Winnipeg 2x a week and then started seasonal flights to various destinations including Orlando. 

The carrier started to operating flights to Chicago, Boston, Miami, Belfast and Orlando and then introduced flights to Belfast and Miami.  

On 24 October 2012, WOW Air acquired Iceland Express' operations and network. That budget carrier went out of business in March 2019, following unsuccessful takeover talks with Icelandair and Indigo Partners. A number of the senior executives from WOW announced their intention to start a new airline,  that airline would go on to be called PLAY.  

Summer Schedule

Valid from 1 June to 31 August 2011

Alicante 3x weekly
Aalborg 1x weekly
Barcelona 2x weekly
Basel 1x weekly
Berlin 3x weekly
Billund 2x weekly
Bologna 1x weekly
Boston 4x weekly
Chicago 1x weekly
Copenhagen 13x weekly
Edinburgh 2x weekly
Frankfurt Hahn 2x weekly
Friedrichshafen 1x weekly
Gothenburg 2x weekly
Krakau 1x weekly
London Gatwick 13x weekly
New York Newark 7x weekly
Oslo 2x weekly
Paris 3x weekly
Stockholm 1x weekly
Warsaw 3x weekly
Winnipeg 1x weekly