Source::Breaking Travel News
Seeing the international global travel and tourism industry re-opening and accelerating towards pre-pandemic levels and beyond, Iceland looks towards the future with the launching of the new airline, Niceair.
The new air carrier hopes to send routes from Akureyri near the Arctic to three destinations in the UK, Spain and Denmark from June. The purpose of this airline will be to attract travellers eager to experience the region's fjords or go on whale-watching trips.
Iceland is a busy air-travel market due to its strategic location in the North Atlantic between North America and Europe making it an important transit point. More than 20 airlines including Deutsche, Lufthansa and many more served the country before the pandemic.
COVID-19 has caused a lot of difficulties with carriers forced to reduce capacity and having financial difficulties with many accepting state aid to survive. The new airline, Niceair funding will be equity-based and will sustain loss-running operations for at least two years. In that time, While Niceair will operate its own sales channels, its partner will be responsible for maintenance, quality control and regulatory compliance.
