New services from Iceland Express
Iceland Express is expanding its 2011 schedule by adding flights to Reykjavik from Edinburgh, Dublin and Belfast.
A twice weekly Edinburgh service launches on June 14 and will run until August 30.
The service will operate every Monday and Friday and flights will start from £101 one-way including taxes.
The Belfast service will go via Edinburgh and the price will also start from £101 one-way including taxes.
Flights to Dublin will launch on June 10 and run until August 29. The weekly service will operate on Tuesdays and flights will start from £98 one-way including taxes.
All flights will connect to Iceland Express’ US routes – New York, Chicago and Boston – and will offer a stopover in Reykjavik at no extra charge.
“We have witnessed increasing numbers of Irish travellers to Reykjavik throughout 2010 and we are pleased to make life a little easier for those passengers by offering a direct route,†said Matthias Imsland, CEO of Iceland Express.
Prices from Dublin to the US will start from £205 one-way including taxes, from Belfast prices will start from £220 and from Edinburgh £205.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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