Icelandair recorded a 10% year-over-year increase in passenger numbers for September 2024, transporting 458,000 passengers. The airline achieved a record on-time performance (OTP) of 86.6%, its highest since 2009, improving by 5.6 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Of the total passengers, 31% travelled to Iceland, 16% from Iceland, 48% via Iceland, and 5% domestically. Icelandair’s year-to-date passenger count stands at 3.6 million, an 8% increase from last year.
CEO Bogi Nils Bogason highlighted the company’s focus on operational efficiencies, strategic partnerships, and new destinations, including Nashville and Lisbon, along with a new partnership with Southwest Airlines.
[…] Icelandair had a good September also. […]
Iceland Air may have grown on transporting more passengers, however, 3 days ago the flight from Toronto, Canada was delayed for no apparent reason. We arrived at Kef late and sure our connecting flight had been missed. Not so, it was also late leaving Kef and after boarding we spent 1 1/2 hours sitting onboard while luggage was still being loaded and also 3 pallets of cargo. At one point suitcases from the original flight were brought onto the tarmac directly from our other plane, but one of our suitcases did not make it. Very, very disappointed with the airline. At Paris we filed the necessary documents to get the case. Next morning we called Iceland Air directly to speak with the lost baggage department and someone from the Philippines with no knowledge of English got on the line. No help Kef was closed. After many more calls and so forth the case made to Paris and was delivered to us after more than 48 hours. Not acceptable at all. Will never fly with them ever again and the 737-9 Max is a piece of garbage. The isle is so narrow you can hardly walk. They should be removed from service get the money back and Boeing can and should go bankrupt and then dump the in the ocean to make artificial reefs. Seriously.