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Flights and charters

Icelandair operates domestic flights to Reykjavík airport, with multiple flights available daily.  Booking a single ticket for both international and domestic flights from Reykjavík airport is possible. Learn more: www.icelandair.com

Norlandair offers flights from Akureyri to domestic destinations such as Vopnafjörður, Þórshöfn, and Grímsey Island. The airline also offers flights to Greenland.
Learn more: www.norlandair.is/en

From November 2024 through March 2025, easyJet offers flights from London Gatwick and Manchester Airport to Akureyri. The flights are scheduled twice a week and offer a whole new way of experiencing travel to Iceland during winter. easyJet Holidays offers package deals with those flights as well. Learn more: www.easyjet.com 

In June 2024, Edelweiss Air will operate flights from Zurich to Akureyri. Offering eleven departures from June to August, the airline now offers more flights compared to the successful summer of 2023. The airline also flies to Keflavík, making it possible to combine flights from the two airports.
Learn more: www.flyedelweiss.com/EN/destinations/akureyri

Starting in February 2025, the Swiss travel agency Kontiki will offer direct charter flights to Akureyri from Zurich. This is the second winter that Kontiki offers these trips with a direct flight, having had a successful season in 2024.
Learn more: https://www.kontiki.ch/nordisland-im-winter

Charter flights from the UK and Netherlands have been regularly offered in recent years. Voigt Travel, a Dutch travel agency, provides trips to North Iceland in both summer and winter. The agency has offered these trips for several years.
Learn more: www.voigt-travel.nl/ijsland-winter

When you arrive in Akureyri, there are options for transfer from the airport.

The Akureyri Airport Bus is run by a local tour company Sýsli, and tickets can be booked before arrival. The bus drives you to your destination of choice in Akureyri. Click here to see more.

Saga Travel offers various options for transfer to and from Akureyri Airport. Click here for more information.

Geotravel offers transfer to accommodation options by Lake Mývatn. Click here for more information.

Are you Due North?

 

 

North Iceland is an all-year-round destination filled with energy, magic, and tranquillity. Local travel agencies and tour operators provide quality service, and vast accommodation options are available. Friendly locals make visitors feel welcome.

Explore geothermal areas, impressive waterfalls, canyons, and glacial rivers. Make sure you experience popular activities such as whale watching and bathing in various geothermal pools. In vibrant towns, you can taste local food in different restaurants and cafés after a day well spent out in pure and vast nature.

Enjoy the midnight sun in summer, and in winter, you have a 90% chance of seeing the northern lights during a five-night stay.

North Iceland is the leading winter destination for Icelanders. Try skiing from mountaintops down to the Atlantic Ocean, in designated ski areas, or by heliskiing. Hike on snowshoes to discover frozen waterfalls and visit exotic locations dogsledding, on snowmobiles, or in super jeeps.

Discover two magnificent tourist routes in North Iceland. On the Arctic Coast Way, travel between fishing towns and villages, going off the beaten path to discover some of the remotest areas in North Iceland, close to the Arctic Circle. On the Diamond Circle, you will be astounded by some of the rarest and most stunning sights and views of unearthly landscapes.

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Incentives and support for new routes


The Icelandic Route Development Fund supports new routes for Akureyri Airport. In addition, Isavia offers discounts on airport charges. Visit North Iceland, and North Iceland tourism companies also offer their support and cooperation in developing new routes for Akureyri Airport.

ISAVIA

The Icelandic Development Fund (IRDF)

  • The IRDFoffers support for new routes to Akureyri International Airport for up to 3 year.
  • Applications require a minimum of a series of 6 flights on a new route.
  • IRDF operates in two divisions:
    • Route Division - offering incentives per arriving pax.
    • Marketing Division - supporting up to 50% of marketing costs
  • Click here for more information.

Visit North Iceland

  • Visit North Iceland offers support for press trips, FAM trips, participation in workshops and travel trade shows, as well as communication and co-operation with local authorities, North Iceland tourism companies and Promote Iceland.
  • North Iceland tourism companies offer support, including co-operation with airlines and travel agents, investment in development and marketing efforts.

 

Air 66N – Support and Marketing

Air 66N comprises a cluster of tourism companies and municipalities in North Iceland. The co-operation encourages and supports direct international flight connections to Akureyri International Airport. Air 66N works with local and national authorities to create incentives for flight operators and facilitate new routes for Akureyri Airport.

Air 66N was established by Visit North Iceland in 2011 and has from the start been seen as one of the most important projects of the region. Visit North Iceland is a tourism authority representing more than 250 companies and all of 16 municipalities in North Iceland.

A substantial route support scheme is currently offered to airlines and travel agencies that start to operate new routes to Akureyri Airport.

Technical information

Akureyri Airport has one runway 2,400 m long and 45 m wide, which can safely accommodate large airplanes. The Airport is controlled by highly qualified air traffic controllers (ATC). Akureyri Airport is open all year round and has excellent winter services.

In 2023, ongoing developments at Akureyri Airport will be completed, including a larger apron and a bigger terminal to better service international flights.

For more technical information, click here.

News

  • Winter flights from Zurich and Amsterdam arrive to Akureyri

    Kontiki and Voigt Travel have arrive again in North Iceland with winter flights from Zurich and Amsterdam.

  • easyJet arrives from Manchester to Akureyri

    The inaugural flight of easyJet from Manchester to Akureyri was completed today on a windy but bright morning in North Iceland. easyJet now offers flights from both London Gatwick and Manchester Airport twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

  • Agents in Manchester invited to discover direct flights to North Iceland

    Held at Chill Factor(e), the premier indoor ski and snow sports centre in the North of England, the event 'Get the North Iceland Feeling' saw almost 50 attendees learn more about North Iceland, Iceland and importantly the opportunities available as a result of the new twice-weekly easyJet Manchester to Akureyri flights this winter.

  • easyJet offers flights from Manchester to Akureyri in North Iceland

    The British airline easyJet announced today that it will offer flights from both London and Manchester to Akureyri next winter. The announcement follows a successful winter for easyJet, which offered flights from London to Akureyri for the first time. Flights will operate on Saturdays and Tuesdays from Manchester and London.