Icelandair today announced that it will fly non-stop between Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and Reykjavik four times per week year-round thanks to "popular demand."
The flights had previously been seasonal May through October, and will restart on May 17 with flights leaving Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The flights are so far scheduled to leave Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»at 3:35 p.m. and land in Reykjavik at 7 a.m. the next day. The flights then leave Reykjavik at 5:15 p.m. and arrive in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»at 6 p.m. the same day. Those times, however, may change, according to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Airport Authority.
Icelandair , on a seasonal basis, with two flights per week, leaving Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»on Fridays and Sundays. It , and increased the flight frequency to three times per week in 2018. It scuttled the flights in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic halted most air travel, and returned with seasonal service in 2022.
"We're but we're seeing good robust recovery across markets like Europe, primarily," said Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Airport Authority director of air service development Russell Atkinson. "It's good news for our in-bound tourism."
Icelandair's move toward flying the route non-stop is part of its much larger 2023-2024 winter schedule, as the airline is increasing capacity by between 20 and 25 per cent between North America and more than 30 destinations in Europe, compared to the 2022-2023 winter season, the airline said.
Other cities that had previously seen seasonal Icelandair service, and will now have year-round service include Rome, Barcelona, Raleigh and Baltimore, the airline said.
The airline is also increasing flight frequency to Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Munich, New York and Tenerife.