page_title: Icelandair
section_title: Further route expansion
hierarchical_section_title: Icelandair / History / Developments since 2010 / Further route expansion
caption_attribution_description: Boeing 757 of Icelandair at Geneva International Airport
context_page_description: Icelandair is the flag carrier airline of Iceland, headquartered at Keflavík International Airport near the capital city Reykjavik.
  It is part of the Icelandair Group and as of April 2018, operated scheduled services to 48 cities in 16 countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean from its hub at Keflavík International Airport. The geographical position of Iceland is convenient for one-stop transatlantic flights, which is one pillar of the airline's business strategy, along with traffic to and from the country.
context_section_description: After having launched scheduled flights to Washington, D.C., in 2011, Denver was announced as a new U.S. destination for 2012, followed by Anchorage in 2013, bringing the total number of cities served in the country up to eight, along with Boston, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando and Seattle. Also in 2012, Icelandair resumed domestic services, with regular flights linking Akureyri to its Keflavík hub through subsidiary company Air Iceland.
  Operations have doubled over a five-year period. New destinations in 2014 were Edmonton and Vancouver in Canada; and Geneva. Twice weekly flights to Vancouver commenced on 13 May 2014 and continued until October that year. Flights to Edmonton started on 4 March 2014, with a year-round service operating five times a week. The Geneva service started on 24 May 2014 and continued twice weekly until September.
  On 9 December 2014, Icelandair revealed a northern lights themed Boeing 757-200 (registration TF-FIU) named Hekla Aurora. The aircraft was officially launched in February 2015 as part of the company's #MyStopover campaign. The exterior, which was hand-painted by a team of highly skilled airbrush artists from the UK, features artwork depicting an Icelandic winter scene complete with the Aurora Borealis. An installation of LED mood lighting in the cabin continues the theme by emulating both the colours and dancing patterns of the aurora. As part of Icelandair's transatlantic fleet, the Hekla Aurora flies to all of the airline's 40 destinations and has a three-day schedule available for passengers and observers.
  On 5 February 2015, Birmingham became Icelandair's 5th gateway in the UK, and the 39th overall, with flights operating twice weekly, on Thursdays and Mondays. On 19 May 2015, Icelandair launched scheduled flights to and from Portland, Oregon in the US: its 14th destination in North America. Flights were set to operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, until 20 October. Further expansion of Icelandair's global network was announced on 12 May 2015 with new, year-round services from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Services commenced on 16 March 2016, with flights to Iceland operating four days a week.
  On 17 August 2015 Icelandair announced the augmentation of its global flight network with a new service between Keflavik and Aberdeen, the company's second Scottish destination. The new service, operated by Air Iceland Connect (a subsidiary of Icelandair Group), commenced in March the following year, with flights scheduled four times per week.
  Icelandair commenced scheduled flights to Paris Orly Airport beginning on 29 March 2016. Services to Montreal Airport began on 26 May 2016.
  In September 2016, Icelandair announced services to Philadelphia, US, starting in May 2017 and Tampa, US starting in Sep 2017.
  In May 2017, Icelandair unveiled a glacier-themed special livery on Boeing 757-200 (registration TF-FIR) named Vatnajökull, the name of Europe's largest glacier.  The special livery was created in order to commemorate Icelandair's 80th anniversary.
  In August 2017, Icelandair announced service five days per week to Cleveland, US, which began on May 16, 2018.
  Since the 1960s, Icelandair has offered passengers travelling on transatlantic flights between North America and Europe an opportunity to stopover in Iceland for up to seven days, at no additional cost. In order to raise awareness about its stopover offer, the company launched a new social media initiative in 2014, with the hashtag #MyStopover.
  In August 2017, the Cape Verdean government signed an agreement with Loftleiðir Icelandic, part of the Icelandair Group, which turned the administration of TACV to the Icelandic group. The new administration plans include discontinue the hub at Praia International Airport focusing all of the airline's operations at Amílcar Cabral International Airport and from there serve as a connecting hub between the Americas, Europe and Africa.
  On 5 November 2017, the company Icelandair (the new TACV administrator) passed the first Boeing 757-200 to TACV to reinforce existing routes, such
caption: TF-FIU (Hekla Aurora), an Icelandair Boeing 757-200 in a special livery depicting the aurora borealis, or northern lights, departs Geneva Airport
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