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Jun 04, 2021 (newstodate): As for any other airline, times have posed new challenges for the ACMI cargo and passenger airline Air Atlanta Icelandic.
   -Despite the difficulties from a collapsing passenger transport market, we managed to turn around our organization from passenger to freighter operations which required a high level of flexibility, says Unndor Jonsson, Air Atlanta Icelandic VP Sales and Marketing.
   -The turn-around included also solutions to many issues of logistics including where to fly and how to position aircraft and crews during lockdowns and restrictions. But we managed...
   -On the freighter side, we have thus been extremely busy and even took delivery of a further two Boeing 747 freighters, bringing the fleet to nine that have all been in the air constantly.
   -We were off to a slow start in 2020, but business picked up very fast in 2020, generating revenues to balance costs, but it also means that we have been fully dependent on the cargo market, says Mr Jonsson.