Icelandair offers Winter Special City Break in Iceland from £199
Icelandair is offering a special city break package holiday in Reykjavik this winter starting from only £199 per person. The package deal includes return flights to Iceland, accommodation and breakfast at select hotels.
Reykjavik city breaks give travellers the opportunity to experience everything that Iceland has to offer such as tours, guides, hikes, sightseeing and horse riding.
Northern Lights holidays in Iceland with Icelandair
Iceland’s leading airline, Icelandair has reduced the price of its popular Northern Lights holiday package deal including flights, accommodation and a Northern Lights tour ticket ready for the winter season.
The Northern Lights tour takes place the evening following the day of arrival and is operated by Reykjavik Excursions. Passengers are picked up at their hotel and driven to an area outside of Reykjavik to search for the natural phenomenon.
Inspired By Iceland campaign creates unique online event
At roughly 1400 GMT yesterday, the residents of Iceland, Trade Council of Iceland, Tourist Board of Iceland and various other travel companies, such as Icelandair, logged on for an hour in support of the new Inspired By Iceland online campaign.
Inspired By Iceland is intended to help boost Iceland tourism in time for the summer months since the disruptions caused by the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Visitor numbers to Iceland have dropped remarkably, due to the misunderstood image that travelers have of the current situation in Iceland. The event today was to help make people aware that the safety, the infrastructure and the beauty of the country is still intact.
Icelandair offers really huge discounts for really short time
Icelandair, Iceland’s biggest and oldest airline, is offering 25 percent off the cost of economy class fares to Iceland this winter. With the Icelandic krona currently offering such good value for tourists, Iceland has become THE new budget destination.
Iceland’s iconic airline, Icelandair is celebrating the beauty of winter in style by offering 25 percent off economy class flights to Iceland and North America. The discount varies slightly from country to country and is applied before the addition of relevant tax and charges. All discount flights must be taken before the 31 March 2009.
Travellers booking on the United Kingdom and Ireland website receive the quarter-off price on flights to Reykjavik booked before 01 December.
Customers booking their flights on the Norwegian or Swedish websites have to book before the end of 27 November; but they also get the 25 percent discount on flights to the USA as well as Iceland.
Discount bookings on the Icelandair France website must also be made by 27 November and include flights to Reykjavik, Boston and New York.
Icelandair Denmark, Icelandair Germany and Icelandair Netherlands are offering the 25 percent discount on all economy class fares to Iceland booked by the end of 27 November.
Icelandic, Canadian and American customers are not left out either: the Icelandic website is now selling Icelandair’s famous Christmas gift cards. Why not buy a loved one the gift of travel in the New Year for as little as ISK 26,900?
Canadian travellers are able to take advantage of Icelandair flights to Paris from as little as CAD 603, London from CAD 551 and many others including Amsterdam from CAD 600. Also, the “Iceland Getaway” package offers an unbeatably good value taste of beautiful Iceland.
Customers in the USA have the chance to take Icelandair’s new “Unity Fares” – offering return flights to Iceland and Scandinavia from as little as USD 399.
As The IMF and the Nordic countries have banded together to help Iceland in its time of financial need, Icelandair has created Unity Fares as a way of saying “thank you”. What’s more, the strength of the US dollar against the Scandinavian currencies is making the region more welcoming to American travellers than ever. Unity fares must be booked by 27 November.
Icelandair unveils new look website
Icelandair, Iceland’s biggest airline has launched its new and improved website to help travellers make the most of Iceland and Icelandair.
The oldest and largest Icelandic airline, Icelandair has spent much of 2008 totally overhauling its services. Icelandair planes now have a chic new look, featuring leather seats and seat-back entertainment screens, as well as a variety of little Icelandic touches, inspired by the country’s nature and culture.
New services mean that passengers can now check in for flights at self-service kiosks in the airport, or even using internet enabled mobile phones. And now, the airline has unveiled a fresh new website design and easier navigation as well.
Icelandair.com has now become Icelandair’s international homepage, with Icelandair.us and Icelandair.ca as the new national homepages for the USA and Canada.
The websites features a clean new style and easy navigation to help visitors access the information the need with as little effort as possible. The website is inspired by clear blue skies, and tries to appear bright and uncluttered. All unnecessary features have been hidden in order to make the homepage a pleasant and welcoming introduction to Icelandair – a feeling Icelandair is keen to maintain at all stages of its dealings with customers.
Icelandair connects Reykjavik with 23 of the biggest destinations in Europe and North America and flights to Iceland are great value for those interested in winter breaks in beautiful Iceland: the Land of Fire and Ice.
In addition to this, Icelandair has consistently always offered some of the cheapest transatlantic flights, using Iceland as a convenient stopover – with or without a few days to explore Iceland at no extra cost.
The weakened Icelandic krona now also means that Iceland has become a much cheaper place to visit. Foreigners are now visiting Reykjavik on shopping trips, taking advantage of the ability to spend dollars, euros and pounds.
For further information on Icelandair, or to book tickets to Iceland, please visit www.icelandair.com
Special winter offers on vacations to Iceland
Icelandair is offering flights and packages to Reykjavik, Iceland from as little as $399 round trip.
With the dramatic increase in the value of the US Dollar against the Icelandic Krona, Iceland is now a top bargain destination, giving consumers nearly twice the spending power compared to last year.
In August 2008, USA today picked Iceland as one of the Top 5 destinations for Fall '08 travel. Since then the Dollar has become even stronger against the Krona, increasing in value by at least 25%.
Icelandair is currently offering flights to Reykjavik from just $399 per person, round trip. The Winter Airfare Special applies only to flights to Iceland from Boston or New York and is valid for travel between November 1st 2008 and March 31st 2009. Booking has been extended until October 31st 2008.
Icelandair also has winter vacation packages from Boston starting at $559 per person. The Iceland Winter Frenzy package includes round-trip airfare from Boston, a discount shopping card, 3 nights at the luxurious Hilton Reykjavik Nordica (with Scandinavian / American breakfast buffet each morning after arrival day) and free shuttle service to the old town and the Kringlan Mall.
Passengers must travel between November 1st and December 15th and flights must be booked by October 31st.
To take advantage of the great exchange rate in Iceland and to book a vacation to Reykjavik, visit www.icelandair.com.
Tours to Iceland’s volcanic ‘living laboratory’ island
Visitors to Iceland can take part in boat tours around the world’s youngest island, Surtsey, which was recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Surtsey Island, located in the Westman Islands archipelago just off Iceland’s south coast, was created between 1963 and 1967 by a large underwater eruption.
The island has been a protected natural environment since 1965, meaning that only a small handful of scientists are allowed to visit each year. Visitors are, however, able to take boat tours around the island and get a good look at it.
From being a lifeless, toxic rock, Surtsey has become home to over 60 species of plant, with two or three new arrivals each year.
Birds, insects, spiders and seals also live on Surtsey – the remains of dead plants and creatures as well as animal waste making the soil more fertile each year. The island now even supports a population of earthworms, probably dropped there accidentally by birds.
Iceland Express competes for best website award
Icelandic budget airline Iceland Express has been shortlisted in a competition for the best website on behalf of the world’s low cost airline industry, announced the Budgies.
The other two airlines that Iceland Express is up against are SkyEurope and Germanwings. Over 200 airlines are competing in different categories.
The Budgies have been created to honour and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and individuals in the low cost airline industry.
The winner will receive the award at a two day conference - The World Low Cost Airlines Congress - which is taking place on 23rd September and will be accompanied by various workshops led by experts from different airlines.
Iceland Express is the only low-cost airline operating flights to Iceland and has been in operation since 2003. Five years later, the company offers flights to Iceland from 14 destinations around Europe, including Copenhagen, London and Paris.
Visit the Iceland Express website to book cheap flights to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Iceland Express lifesavers: all in a day’s work
The quick thinking of Iceland Express staff saved the life of a 30 year-old woman who recently lost consciousness on the way from Barcelona to Reykjavik, reports Icelandic newspaper 24 Stundir.
The woman fell ill 45 minutes after takeoff with an irregular heartbeat and difficulty breathing.
“The crew began by asking if there was a doctor onboard, and then considering the woman’s condition, it was decided to land the plane as quickly as possible,” the captain said. Out of respect for his colleagues, the captain requested his name not be published.
It was thought the woman was suffering a very serious asthma attack, but had forgotten to take her asthma medicine with her onboard. The crew gave her oxygen and asthma medicine from the plane’s emergency kit, but without success.
The pilots decided to land the plane in Basel, Switzerland. The woman spent a day and a half in hospital before continuing to Iceland where she is visiting relatives.
Doctors informed her that she could have died of a lack of oxygen if not for the quick thinking of the Icelandic budget airline ’s crewmembers.
The captain said the landing in Basel went well, but added that when a plane has spent only a short period of time in the air and is still full of fuel, it can be very difficult to land. For that reason, the pilots had to burn off fuel as quickly as possible before landing, including flying with the landing gear down to reduce aerodynamic efficiency.
The captain also said that once or twice a year he is required to perform an early landing due to a passenger falling ill. “I didn’t do anything heroic,” he said. “This is just a part of our job, and we are trained to deal with difficult situations.”
Due to health and safety regulations, the crew were not allowed to carry on with the flight, and “as there were no other Iceland Express crews at the airport at the time, the passengers were put up in a hotel overnight,” said Iceland Express media representative Lara Omarsdottir. She said the other passengers on board were very understanding and were able to continue their journey they next day.
Iceland Express is the low cost airline providing cheap flights to Iceland from 14 of Europe’s top destinations. For more information, go to www.icelandexpress.com