Loftleiðir
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Loftleiðir (, ), internationally known as Icelandic Airlines (abbreviated IAL) or Loftleiðir Icelandic, was a private Icelandic airline headquartered on the grounds of Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, which operated mostly trans-Atlantic flights linking Europe and America, pioneering the low-cost flight business strategy on these routes.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- airline
- Country
- Iceland
- Headquarters
- Reykjavík
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Image
- Icelandic Airlines May 1973 Fifth Avenue New York Advertisement.jpg
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- Commons category
- Loftleiðir Icelandic
- IATA airline designator
- LL
- inception
- 1944-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1979-00-00
- airline hub
- Reykjavík Airport
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- History
- Loftleiðir
- Pioneering low-cost flights
- Airline co-operations
- Fleet
- Accidents and incidents
- In popular culture
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- External links
Loftleiðir (, ), internationally known as Icelandic Airlines (abbreviated IAL) or Loftleiðir Icelandic, was a private Icelandic airline headquartered on the grounds of Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, which operated mostly trans-Atlantic flights linking Europe and America, pioneering the low-cost flight business strategy on these routes.
In 2003, the name Loftleiðir Icelandic made a comeback to service the skies as Icelandair's aircraft lease and charter flights provider.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loftleiðir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.