Posts Tagged ‘North America’
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
A new website has been set-up by the Icelandair Group to help those stranded or waiting for flights in Iceland, Europe and North America. The website holds all essential information concerning the volcano, ash fall coverage, passenger safety and up-to-date flight schedules.
The website contains in depth information on surrounding ash contamination in Iceland, where the volcano is located and vital safety information concerning safety restrictions.
Passengers awaiting flights can also find information on re-booking flights, flight refunds, the current situation in Iceland and what to do next. The website also contains live feeds and links to web cam videos at the eruption site.
In addition, various credible sources of information can be found via links to the Civil Protection Department, Icelandic Tourist Board, Icelandic Met Office and Volcanic Advisory from London.
Visit http://www.icelandairgroup.is/volcano/ for more information.
Tags: Ash Fall, Booking Flights, Contamination, Credible Sources, Current Situation, Flight Schedule, Flight Schedules, Iceland, Icelandair, Icelandic Tourist Board, Live Feeds, London Visit, North America, Passenger Safety, Safety Restrictions, Sources Of Information, Volcanic Activity, Volcano Ash, Volcano Information, Web Cam
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
An unusually large number of people are booked on the Norraena ferry to and from Iceland due to flight restrictions caused by the Eyjafjalljokull volcanic ash cloud.
Many people who had planned to fly have instead decided to take the ferry. Some 550 passengers arrived in Iceland with the Norraena ferry this morning – which is about double the normal figure at this time of year. Around 700 people are due to sail with the ferry when she leaves tomorrow and the boat is fully booked between the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
The Faroe Islands have been worse affected by the flight cancellations than many other places, because the UK (for example) has frequent and reliable sea transport to the Continent and Iceland’s commercial flights to North America have been undisturbed.
Tags: Commercial Flights, Continent, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Ferry Traffic, Flight Cancellations, Flight Restrictions, Fly, Iceland, Increased Traffic, Leaves, Many People, North America, Sea Transport, Time Of Year, Volcanic Ash Cloud
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Recent days have brought a flurry of requests for private charter planes in Iceland.
According to Sigurdur Bjarni Jonsson, chairman of Myflug, most of the enquiries have come from foreigners stuck in Iceland and trying to get to mainland Europe. Myflug hopes to fly them to northern Norway very soon.
Jonsson told Visir.is that people are exploring all options on how to get nearer to home and specially chartered planes from Iceland are one such option. “There are several airports in northern Norway which are open and we are looking into flying there. We are going to fly with a nine-seat propeller plane,” Jonsson said.
Myflug is the franchisee in charge of all Iceland’s air ambulances, except in the Westman Islands. “Emergency patient transport is going just fine. We had to wait with one flight, but took off as soon as it got light,” he said.
Domestic commercial aviation within Iceland is running roughly to schedule, as are flights to and from North America.
Photos: Mýflug.is
Tags: Air Ambulances, Airports, America Photos, Charter Planes, Commercial Aviation, Emergency Patient, Flights, Fly, Foreigners, Franchisee, Iceland, Mainland Europe, North America, Northern Norway, Patient Transport, Private Charter, Private Planes, Propeller Plane, Westman Islands
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
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y all of the biggest airports in Europe will remain closed to air traffic today due to the cloud of volcanic ash spreading across the continent from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in South Iceland. 16,000 were cancelled yesterday alone.
The no-fly zones over the UK and Ireland have been reinstated amid predictions that the cloud will only get thicker throughout Saturday, Visir.is reports.
It is being reported that airlines are losing in the region of GBP 200 million every day the grounding continues. There has been no similarly massive disruption to global aviation since the Second World War.
Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport is still open because it lies to the west of the ash cloud and Ielandair has confirmed that all its flights to North America will run to schedule today. However, all European flights out of Keflavik are cancelled. Icelandair is requesting passengers pay regular visits to icelandair.com, as some flights could be reinstated at fairly short notice if aviation authorities allow.
Tags: Air Traffic, Airlines, Airports In Europe, Ash Cloud, Aviation Authorities, Biggest Airports, Chaos, Continent, European Flights, Global Aviation, Iceland Volcano, Icelandair, Keflavik, Massive Disruption, No Fly Zones, North America, Second World War, South Iceland, Visir, Volcanic Ash
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Icelandair has confirmed that two flights will leave Keflavik for Glasgow this afternoon, with passengers booked to London also invited to fly to Glasgow if they choose. Icelandair flights to North America are still running but most flights to Europe are cancelled today.
Ironically, Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport has remained open as usual while other airports in Europe have closed due to the ash cloud coming from the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in South Iceland. This has not brought joy to Europe-bound passengers in Iceland though, because they also need their destination airports to be open.
Iceland Express has predicted long delays on flights to Northern Europe today, but has stopped short of cancellations at this stage.
Tags: Airports In Europe, Ash Cloud, Cancellations, Destination Airports, Europe Today, European Aviation, Flights, Fly, Glacier, Glasgow, Icelandair, London, North America, Northern Europe, South Iceland
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Lovable pop troupe Seabear are about to release their second album, We Built a Fire in North America (already out on iTunes worldwide). To celebrate they are heading out on their very first...
Tags: Itunes, North America, Pop, Seabear
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The promotion projects planned by the marketing initiative Iceland Naturally in North America this year were introduced in Iceland on Monday. Among those involved are singer-songwriter Mugison, who played a few songs during the presentation.
Tags: Iceland, Image, Initiative, Marketing, Mugison, North America, Promotion Projects, Singer Songwriter
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Icelandair, Iceland's most popular air company, have launched a Northern Lights package deal for those who wish to view the wonders of the Aurora Borealis this winter.
Tags: Aurora Borealis, Iceland, Icelandair, North America, Northern Lights
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Cellist, experimentalist and múm member Hildur Guðnadóttir will continue to tour North America with múm this winter. She will be opening a handful of shows on their tour with her solo material...
Tags: Cellist, Experimentalist, Fever, Handful, North America, Solo Material
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
A new record was set in the number of foreign tourists to visit Iceland this August. According to new figures from the Iceland Tourist Board, around 92,000 foreign guests left Iceland through Keflavik International Airport during the month – 8,000 more than last year.
The number of foreign visitors to Iceland this August was therefore some 9.6 percent higher than in 2008. On the other hand, Icelanders departing Keflavik were 40 percent down on last year: 24,000 compared to 39,000.
Splitting the visitors into groups, it seems the biggest increase in visitors came from mid and southern Europe, the Nordic countries and North America. But when looked at on a country-by-country basis, the Chinese, Finnish, Spanish, Italians and Germans make up the biggest increase. The number of visiting Poles went down by 36 percent, on the other hand. There were also 17 percent fewer Britons visiting.
Tags: Break, Britons, Country Basis, Germans, Iceland, Italians, Nordic Countries, North America, Southern Europe, Tourist Board, Tourists
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Around 24,000 foreign travellers flew out of Iceland in the month of March this year. In the same month in 2008, there were two thousand more travellers.
The Tourist Bureau of Iceland figures reveal an increase in passenger numbers leaving Iceland from all markets in March except for the United Kingdom and the so called “other markets”, which are more or less everywhere except Western Europe and North America.
The biggest single difference came from Poland: 67 percent fewer Polish nationals boarded flights out of Iceland than in March last year. The Tourist Bureau states that the reduction appears to come more from people working in Iceland than from tourists.
American travellers on flights leaving Iceland were 24 percent up on 2008 and there was a six percent increase in Scandinavian travellers. The increase was three percent from mid- and southern Europe.
Since the New Year, 62,000 foreign nationals have taken flights out of Iceland, which is around six percent less than the previous year. There was, however, a more than 50 percent reduction in the number of Icelanders flying out in March (17,600 in March 2009, but 39,000 in 2008).
Tags: American Travellers, Flights, Foreign Nationals, March 17, Month Of March, New Year, North America, Passenger Numbers, Poland, Previous Year, Southern Europe, Tourist Bureau, Tourists, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Working In Iceland, Year 62
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Indie-pop sensations Sprengjuhöllin have been busy in the USA for the last few weeks. They caused a refreshing stir at the Canadian Music Week festival in Toronto when both the band's official...
Tags: Canadian Music Week, Music Week, North America, Pop Sensations, Success, Toronto
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Friday, March 6th, 2009
Indie-pop band Sprengjuhöllin are to embark on a tour of North America. Founded in 2005, the band has already seen much success in its home country. After having monopolized the top spot of the...
Tags: America Band, Coming To America, Coming To America Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy, North America, Pop Band
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Icelandic electro renegades Steed Lord are currently rippin' it up in North America. Following a couple of high profile support gigs with the mighty Chromeo and a string of successful West Coast...
Tags: Chromeo, Gigs, North America, Profile Support, Renegades, Steed Lord, West Coast
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Rising Icelandic talent Ólafur Arnalds will release his new EP, “Variations of Static” in North America on the 8th of July, 2008. The release is set to introduce Arnalds to a relatively...
Tags: Ep, North America, Variations
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