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Four Planes Diverted Due To Runway Lights Malfunction
On April 9, four aircraft were diverted from Keflavík Airport around midnight after the runway landing lights malfunctioned, reports RÚV. One plane, an Icelandair flight from Heathrow Airport in London, had to land in Akureyri. Two other aircraft, an Austrian Airlines flight…
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Government Prepares Increased Customs Monitoring
Legislation is underway that grants the Icelandic Customs Authority increased authority to examine travellers’ luggage without prior consent, mbl.is reports. However, selected individuals will be notified retroactively. The bill is currently under preparation by the Ministry of Finance and published in the…
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Early Morning Bomb Scare Temporarily Shuts Down Airport
A bomb threat closed Keflavík International Airport from about half past midnight last night until about 04:30 this morning, ending with police finding a “suspicious package” which contained what turned out to be fireworks and facsimiles of weapons. [su_pullquote]Titans of Icelandic photography…
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Domestic Airport Must Expand, But Officials Can’t Agree Where
The City of Reykjavík expects that 20,000-25,000 people could live in the Vatnsmýri area if the domestic airport is relocated, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir, we’re having a…
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Flight Bookings Increase With Eruption
Bookings to visit Iceland with Icelandair and Play increased following the start of the eruption of Meradölum, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]The Volcano is on (again) at Fagradalsfjall! Check out our volcano merch in the Grapevine shop: books, T-shirts, posters even socks and more.…
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All Passengers Released After Bomb Threat
This is an update on Bomb Threat Halts Air Traffic At Keflavík posted on 26/07/22. After extensive interrogation, authorities could not determine who wrote the bomb threat on the Condor Airlines flight that was grounded at Keflavík Airport on Monday, so all…
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Bomb Threat Halts Air Traffic At Keflavík
A bomb threat on board a flight flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Seattle, United States, halted air traffic at Keflavík Airport Monday afternoon, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face masks, perfumes and more!…
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Keflavík Airport Reaching Pre-Pandemic Levels
Tourism in Iceland is reaching the same levels as before the pandemic, both in terms of Icelanders traveling abroad and tourists visiting the country, Visír reports. The mayor of Reykjanesbær, Kjartan Már Kjartansson, is happy that the traffic is increasing and says…
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Air Traffic Controllers May Go On Strike, Negotiations Continue
The Icelandic Air Traffic Controllers Association (FÍF) and management at Ísavia, the company which operates Keflavík International Airport, are still in the midst of labour negotiations and it is possible that the union may decide to initiate a work stoppage on Tuesday,…
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Keflavík Airport Expansion Begins
The twenty thousand square metre expansion of Leif Erikson Air Terminal at Keflavík Airport formally began on August 16th. The estimated cost of the project is at just over 21 billion ISK and is the largest project Isavia has undertaken, according to…
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Three Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Iceland
Three people, two women and one man, have been charged with importing five thousand e-tablets, five kilograms of hashish, one hundred pieces of LSD and 250 grams of methamphetamine from Spain, Fréttablaðið reports. One woman smuggled the methamphetamine inside of a sanitary napkin…
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Kári Stefánsson Reluctant To Help “Arrogant” Health Minister With Airport Tests UPDATED
Kári Stefánsson, CEO of deCODE Genetics, vowed not to help the health department with plans to screen tourists arriving in Keflavík airport from June 15th in an RÚV interview last night. However, following a meeting with the cabinet this morning, it seems…
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Proposal To Build New Domestic Airport In Hvassahraun
This weekend, the city of Reykjavík and the Icelandic government signed a contract that will begin an investigation into potentially opening a new domestic airport in Hvassahraun. According to RÚV, each party will invest 100 million ISK to study if the location…
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Likely Thousands Grounded At Keflavik Airport Due To High Winds
Delays and cancellations at the airport have created a traffic snarl, as high winds batter Iceland. MBL reports that passengers were stranded in 13 separate planes shortly after landing due to the storm currently raging over our island. Just getting the rolling…
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Direct Flights To Skaftafell To Begin, New Airstrip Under Construction
Flightseeing company Atlantsflug has recently launched a new construction project in proximity of Skaftafell, a popular preservation area in Vatnajökull National Park, to erect a spacious service building and a terminal that will provide a stable base for the company’s tours. Improving…
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Keflavík Airport Grinds To Halt Over Security Issue
Keflavík airport ground to a halt yesterday afternoon when all flights were put on hold and passengers asked to go through additional security checks, reports Vísir. Airport security doing their best to move passengers @kefairport pic.twitter.com/JBtoNXdyUh — Thinh Nguyen (@ThinhNguyen007) March 29,…
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Flight Delays Due To Labour Dispute
The ongoing dispute between air traffic controllers and management delayed numerous flights last night, and an agreement has still not been reached. Flights at Keflavík International Airport were limited to only medical or emergency flights, Vísir reports, from 21:00 last night to…
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Captain America Busted For Amphetamine Smuggling
Customs officials have seized a Captain America doll on its way into the country, after discovering it had been stuffed with amphetamines. According to an announcement from the Directorate of Customs, last month officials intercepted a UPS package from the Philippines at…
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Use Of English At Keflavík Airport Exception To Nordic Norm
English has now taken place of prominence on signs at Keflavík International Airport, bucking a trend that persists across Nordic airports. Vísir reports that travelers may have noticed many new changes to the look of the airport, amongst them that English is…
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Support For Keeping Domestic Airport Where It Is Decreases
About 60% of Icelanders say they want the domestic airport to stay right where it is, in Reykjavík. RÚV reports that, according to a new poll from Maskína, 59% of Icelanders support keeping the airport at Vatnsmýri. This shows a significant drop…
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Why Don’t You Kids Just Keep Debating That Airport?
Last week gave a lesson on the utility of noise as an antidote to critical thought and solidarity. 1. The airport: still no noise restrictions Last Thursday, the Progressive party’s members of Alþingi, all but the party’s ministers, officially proposed that organizational…
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Pet Cockroaches Seized By Customs
Icelandic Customs Officers recently seized 3 Madagascar cockroaches in a plastic container, reports RÚV. A foreign traveller brought them over and was stopped at the airport on his way into the country and informed the Customs Officers that they were his pets.…
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Travellers Ripped Off At Keflavík Airport
A shrimp salad sandwich and a carton of Kókómjólk is 56% more expensive in the departure lounge of Keflavík airport than at the arrivals area, reports Vísir. Kári Kárason, an Icelander at Keflavík airport seeing his two daughters off on a flight abroad, decided…