Posted at eNewsWire by AElliott on Monday, August 11, 2008eNewsWire Category: Featured, Travel and Leisure
Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund recently gave around 100 children with cancer a dream day out in Sweden.
Nearly 100 Icelandic children suffering from cancer and their families were recently taken on a day trip to a theme park in Sweden by Icelandic national carrier Icelandair.
Thanks to Icelandair, the children were back home in Iceland [...]
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Posted at eNewsWire by chrisb on Monday, July 28, 2008eNewsWire Category: Featured, Travel and Leisure
Two fuel-efficient Boeing 737 aircraft will begin flying for low fares airline Iceland Express from September.
Icelandic budget airline Iceland Express signed an agreement this week which will see the introduction of two Boeing 737-700 aircraft on its scheduled flight service connecting Iceland and 14 European cities.
Iceland Express says the new Boeing planes are more environmentally [...]
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Posted at eNewsWire by chrisb on Friday, June 6, 2008eNewsWire Category: Culture, Music and the Arts, Featured, Travel and Leisure
Iceland‘s two biggest names in music are holding a joint outdoor concert in Reykjavik at the end of June.
Bjork and Sigur Ros are performing at a free outdoor concert in Iceland on Saturday 28th June.
The goal of the concert is to raise awareness on environmental issues in Iceland and will feature Bjork, Sigur Ros, Olof [...]
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Posted at eNewsWire by AElliott on Wednesday, May 14, 2008eNewsWire Category: Featured, Travel and Leisure
The Director of Icelandair Group has revealed a young, but experienced new CEO of the Icelandair airline.
Icelandair, the national carrier of Iceland, has named Birkir Holm Gudnason as its new CEO, charged with growing the business in a difficult global aviation market.
Birkir Holm Gudnason has worked for Icelandair for many years and was previously the [...]
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Posted at eNewsWire by AElliott on Saturday, May 3, 2008eNewsWire Category: Retail and Services, Travel and Leisure
22 new flight attendants, drawn from over 800 applicants, will provide much needed reinforcement to the Icelandic airline’s summer timetable.
Icelandic low cost airline, Iceland Express, recently celebrated the graduation of 22 new flight attendants who have been studying on the company’s own training programme.
Icelandic newspaper Vidskiptabladid reports that the new recruits will start work in [...]
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