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Mar 21, 2007 (newstodate): The future of Iceland's Reykjavik Airport remains insecure after 2016.
There is an ongoing debate about the future of the airport with the three options being: keeping the airport as it is, building a new one in the Reykjavik area or move the domestic flights to Keflavik International Airport and close the one in Reykjavik.
-Besides the domestic services, we are seeing operations increasing at Reykjavik Airport, mainly driven by the growing corporate aircraft traffic and trans-Atlantic ferry flights from the USA to Europe and Russia, says Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, Isavia public relations manager.
-My impression is that if the airport only two km from the city centre was closed and traffic moved to Keflavik 50 km away, Iceland would lose its attraction as a convenient and pleasant stop-over airport. People like to be able to go to town and enjoy Reykjavik's city life.
The issue is frozen till 2016 when the current urban planning period expires.
There is an ongoing debate about the future of the airport with the three options being: keeping the airport as it is, building a new one in the Reykjavik area or move the domestic flights to Keflavik International Airport and close the one in Reykjavik.
-Besides the domestic services, we are seeing operations increasing at Reykjavik Airport, mainly driven by the growing corporate aircraft traffic and trans-Atlantic ferry flights from the USA to Europe and Russia, says Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, Isavia public relations manager.
-My impression is that if the airport only two km from the city centre was closed and traffic moved to Keflavik 50 km away, Iceland would lose its attraction as a convenient and pleasant stop-over airport. People like to be able to go to town and enjoy Reykjavik's city life.
The issue is frozen till 2016 when the current urban planning period expires.