Icelandair
(Flugleiðir)

formerly
Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)

Iceland

The original Icelandair was founded as Flugfélag Akureyri in 1937, but was three years later reorganized as Flugfélag Íslands.
When international routes were started after WWII, the airline traded as Iceland Airways, and from 1957 as Icelandair.

In 1973, Icelandair and the other Icelandic international airline, Loftleiðir - Icelandic Airlines, joined forces through a holding company, Flugleiðir.
The two airlines operated alongside, until they were finally completely merged as Flugleiðir in 1979.
Internationally, the new airline retained the name Icelandair for promotional reasons.

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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
June 1, 1949

International routes
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Flugfélag Íslands
May 1, 1950

International routes

Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
June 17, 1950

International routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

Flugfélag Íslands
July 1, 1950

Domestic routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 15, 1951

International routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 20, 1952

International routes
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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
May 9, 1953

International routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)
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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
October 4, 1953

International routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
May 1, 1954

International routes

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Flugfélag Íslands
October 1, 1954

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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
October 4, 1954

International routes

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Iceland Airways (Flugfélag Íslands)
May 1, 1956

International routes
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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
January 1, 1957

International routes
(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
June 1, 1957

International routes

Flugfélag Íslands
May 1 and October 1, 1958

(Courtesy of Patrick Sulem, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Iceland)

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
October 1, 1959

International routes

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1962

International routes
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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
November 1, 1963

International routes

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1965

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1966

DZ

Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1967

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1969

International routes

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1970

International routes

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
April 1, 1972

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Icelandair (Flugfélag Íslands)
November 1, 1972

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April 1, 1974
Joint Loftleiðir/Icelandair timetable
(System)

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April 1, 1979

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May 1, 1979
Domestic routes

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April 1, 1980
International routes

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May 1, 1981
Domestic routes

March 31, 1991
(From the collection of Gerhard Giesswein)

Summer 1991
Domestic routes
(From the collection of Gerhard Giesswein)
Click for a view of the interior

March 30, 1997
(From the collection of Gerhard Giesswein)

March 28, 1999
(From the collection of Gerhard Giesswein)

March 26, 2000
(From the collection of Gerhard Giesswein)

.DZ

October 30, 2005

.DZ

October 30, 2005
Revised edition
(System)

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This page last updated April 2, 2008.