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Mar 16, 2015 (newstodate): The Board of Directors of Icelandair Group has decided to update the fleet policies of the subsidiaries Icelandair and Air Iceland.
All five Fokker 50 aircraft in the fleet of Air Iceland will be put up for sale and replaced by three Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.
After that, Air Iceland will operate five aircraft, three Bombardier Q400 and two Q200, allowing the carrier to optimize its operations based on an all-Bombardier fleet.
Due to the higher speed and longer range of the Q400, compared to the Fokker 50, Air Iceland will monitor the market for new opportunities in new markets.
In 2015, Icelandair will operate 23 Boeing 757-200 aircraft that take 183 passengers and one 757-300 that takes 220 passengers.
22 of these aircraft are owned by the Icelandair Group, while two are leased and due for redelivery by this autumn.
They will be replaced by two Boeing 767-300 aircraft that take 260 passengers, with delivery slated for spring 2016.
-We foresee further growth opportunities in the coming years with these changes to the fleet policy for passenger aircraft. Both the Boeing 767 and Q400 aircraft can service markets that the current fleet cannot, which will enable us to go into new markets and connect them to the current route network, says Bjorgolfur Johannsson, President and CEO of Icelandair Group in a release.
All five Fokker 50 aircraft in the fleet of Air Iceland will be put up for sale and replaced by three Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.
After that, Air Iceland will operate five aircraft, three Bombardier Q400 and two Q200, allowing the carrier to optimize its operations based on an all-Bombardier fleet.
Due to the higher speed and longer range of the Q400, compared to the Fokker 50, Air Iceland will monitor the market for new opportunities in new markets.
In 2015, Icelandair will operate 23 Boeing 757-200 aircraft that take 183 passengers and one 757-300 that takes 220 passengers.
22 of these aircraft are owned by the Icelandair Group, while two are leased and due for redelivery by this autumn.
They will be replaced by two Boeing 767-300 aircraft that take 260 passengers, with delivery slated for spring 2016.
-We foresee further growth opportunities in the coming years with these changes to the fleet policy for passenger aircraft. Both the Boeing 767 and Q400 aircraft can service markets that the current fleet cannot, which will enable us to go into new markets and connect them to the current route network, says Bjorgolfur Johannsson, President and CEO of Icelandair Group in a release.