Icelandair commences Dublin Christmas shopping flights

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 Courtesy: Sean Flynn Icelandair has commenced it's seasonal Christmas shopping flights between Dublin and Keflavik using Boeing 757-200. The flights operate twice weekly in conjunction with Icelandair Group subsidiary Vita offering 3 night flight and accommodation packages in Dublin. Irish tour operators sell packages to Keflavik creating bi-directional traffic on the route. Since 1990 charter services have been operated from Aukureyri and Keflavik to Dublin by a number of carriers including Air Atlanta using Boeing 747s, Atlantsflug / Atlantic Island Air using Boeing 727-200s, Icelandair Boeing 737-400s. Icelandair has no scheduled services between Dublin and Reykjavik but serves Glasgow and London Heathrow enabling passengers to connect over it's hub to a growing route network in Canada and United States. Icelandic carrier Iceland Express announced plans to launch a new route between Dubl