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Feb 13, 2020 (newstodate): The shortfall of capacity due to the sustained grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet called for Icelandair to revise its fleet plan.
    The MAX aircraft were intended to cover 27 percent of Icelandair’s passenger capacity in 2019, so the suspension of the MAX fleet resulted in an unprecedented impact on the operations of Icelandair in 2019.
   To cover for the shortfall, Icelandair has decided to reactivate two Boeing 757-200 aircraft as well as extending the operating life of four units.
   Icelandair will thus retain 22 Boeing 757 for the coming season against only 19 as envisaged in the earlier plan that assumed the delivery of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
   Icelandair is also wet-leasing three Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
   The airline's revised plan comprises the operation with 24  Boeing 757 aircraft including two Boeing 757-300 freighters, four Boeing 767, and three wet-leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft.