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Aug 19, 2019 (newstodate): Icelandair has now effectively ruled out the possibility of returning the Boeing 737 MAX fleet to commercial operation for the rest of this year.
Icelandair started operating its first three Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in 2018, and delivery of six more was planned for 2019, seven Boeing 737 MAX aircraft would be added in 2020 and 2021, bringing the fleet to a total of 16 of this type.
During this summer schedule, the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft would perform 29 percent of all Icelandair flights.
As a consequence, Icelandair has again revised its flight plan till end of 2019, focussing on optimizing its current fleet by allocating the aircraft to routes most in demand.
The airline's total seat capacity in November and December 2019 will thus be increased by almost three percent, y-o-y, with the seating capacity for Europe to be increased on several routes, including from Keflavik to Copenhagen, Dublin, Brussels and Berlin.
To cover up for the shortfall of capacity due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, Icelandair has leased so far five aircraft.
Icelandair has sourced three Boeing 767-300 aircraft on a dry-lease contract, as will as one Boeing 757-200 aircraft on a similar basis from May 15, 2019, and till the end of September.
Icelandair also operated one Airbus A319 sourced from the Lithuanian ACMI provider GetJet Airlines on flights from Keflavik to Billund, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Manchester, Oslo and Paris through July 2019.
Icelandair started operating its first three Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in 2018, and delivery of six more was planned for 2019, seven Boeing 737 MAX aircraft would be added in 2020 and 2021, bringing the fleet to a total of 16 of this type.
During this summer schedule, the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft would perform 29 percent of all Icelandair flights.
As a consequence, Icelandair has again revised its flight plan till end of 2019, focussing on optimizing its current fleet by allocating the aircraft to routes most in demand.
The airline's total seat capacity in November and December 2019 will thus be increased by almost three percent, y-o-y, with the seating capacity for Europe to be increased on several routes, including from Keflavik to Copenhagen, Dublin, Brussels and Berlin.
To cover up for the shortfall of capacity due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, Icelandair has leased so far five aircraft.
Icelandair has sourced three Boeing 767-300 aircraft on a dry-lease contract, as will as one Boeing 757-200 aircraft on a similar basis from May 15, 2019, and till the end of September.
Icelandair also operated one Airbus A319 sourced from the Lithuanian ACMI provider GetJet Airlines on flights from Keflavik to Billund, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Manchester, Oslo and Paris through July 2019.