• Loftleiðir HF, internationally known as Icelandic Airlines (abbreviated IAL) or Loftleiðir Icelandic, was a private Icelandic airline headquartered on...
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  • Grumman G-21 Goose amphibious aircraft. Loftleiðir began scheduled international operations in 1947. Loftleiðir soon began challenging Flugfélag's dominance...
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    Loftleiðir Flight 001 was a Hajj charter flight operated by a Douglas DC-8 which crashed on approach to Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 November 1978. The crash...
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    Airlines Loftleidir, two built (civil passenger version) CL-44J Four CL-44D4 aircraft stretched by Canadair on request of Icelandic Airlines Loftleiðir, with...
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    Íslands, though it was in no way affiliated with its predecessor. In 1944, Loftleiðir started flying from Reykjavík on Grumman Goose seaplanes, which added...
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  • A320-200 was inducted into the service on behalf of the airline. In 2006, Loftleiðir, the aircraft lease arm of Icelandair Group, acquired a majority 55% shareholding...
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  • airline was established in March 1970 by Luxair, the Salen Shipping Group, Loftleiðir, and various private interests in Luxembourg. Einar Olafsson was the airline's...
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    plaquette at Norton Bridge. The recovered tire. The memorial plaquette. Loftleiðir Flight 001 "1970". martinair.com. Archived from the original on 7 November...
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  • revenues. Loftleiðir particularly lost money on Scandinavian and UK-bound services, and was impacted by price-cutting by competitors that saw Loftleiðir 's already-cheap...
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  • Akureyrar". mbl.is. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Icelandair#History Loftleiðir "Our History". loftleidir.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Jay (16 April 2010). "The Narcissist's...
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  •  Greece Ellinair Hellas Jet Macedonian Airlines  Iceland Iceland Express Loftleiðir WOW Air  Ireland Norwegian Air International  Italy Air One Air Service...
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    incident Airplane crashes Royal Jordanian (1973) Martinair Flight 138 (1974) Loftleiðir Flight 001 (1978) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (1979) Saudia...
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    first airline to offer cheaper transatlantic fares was Icelandic airline Loftleiðir in 1964, often referred to as "the Hippie Airline". Many young Americans...
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    Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij  Fiji Yaukuve Resort  Iceland Loftleiðir  Indonesia Merpati Nusantara Airlines – Leased a Goose from Indonesian...
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    president of Loftleidir. Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines was formed in 1944 with a single engine, three passenger plane of Stinson Reliant make, Loftleiðir grew...
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    2020-04-23. "Loftleidir Icelandic enters into management agreement in Cabo Verde | Icelandairgroup.is". www.icelandairgroup.is. "Loftleidir Icelandic outlines...
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    Pálsson. In September 1950, a Douglas DC-4 operated by the private airline Loftleiðir crash-landed on the Vatnajökull glacier. The entire six-person crew survived...
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    airport. Isavia also have their head offices on the airport property. When Loftleiðir was in operation, its head office was at the airport. There are some local...
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  • passengers a year—on a par with Qantas and ahead of established airlines like Loftleiðir. In 1961, El Al ranked 35th in the world in accumulated passenger distance...
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    Corporation on 24 July 2013 and registered M-ABGK before being sold to Loftleidir, which leased the aircraft to Air Niugini on 13 September 2013 and was...
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    Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Dron, Alan (11 August 2017). "Loftleidir Icelandic to manage TACV Cabo Verde". Air Transport World. Archived from...
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  • John F. Kennedy Airport (after pioneering Icelandic low-cost carrier Loftleiðir). In the early 1980s, the company went into bankruptcy during the recession...
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    to crash at Chicago Midway International Airport on 8 December 1972. Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines Flight 509  – Deployment of lift dumpers while attempting...
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  • on 1 May 1928 and operated until 1931. In 1973, Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleiðir merged under the name Flugleiðir hf. Its domestic division was called...
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  • incident Airplane crashes Royal Jordanian (1973) Martinair Flight 138 (1974) Loftleiðir Flight 001 (1978) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (1979) Saudia...
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  • incident Airplane crashes Royal Jordanian (1973) Martinair Flight 138 (1974) Loftleiðir Flight 001 (1978) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (1979) Saudia...
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    incident Airplane crashes Royal Jordanian (1973) Martinair Flight 138 (1974) Loftleiðir Flight 001 (1978) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (1979) Saudia...
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    bound for Mecca, and 9 crew members. 15 November 1978: Icelandic Airlines Loftleiðir HF Flight LL 001 crashed at Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 175 (mostly Indonesian)...
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  • was valued at 250.000 dollars, was sold to Loftleiðir for a reported 700 dollars. In April 1951, Loftleiðir set out a rescue party that spent 21-days digging...
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    incident Airplane crashes Royal Jordanian (1973) Martinair Flight 138 (1974) Loftleiðir Flight 001 (1978) Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (1979) Saudia...
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