Icelandair suspends Glasgow flights

The Icelandic airline Icelandair is set to halt regular flights between Glasgow Airport and Reykjavik until March next year, it has been reported.

A carrier which has been flying to Scotland for the past 60 years, Icelandair made the decision amid a drop in travel bookings from the northern European country, according to the BBC.

The news provider said the company also blamed the exchange rate between the Icelandic krona and the British pound, while stv.tv claimed it held the collapse of the country's banking system responsible.

Meanwhile, chief executive of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Scott Taylor, said: "This has happened purely because of the collapse of the economy in Iceland. We're talking 3000 short-break visitors to Glasgow, which may not seem an awful lot but they are significant spenders."

Flights are due to stop at the end of November or in early December, with Icelandair expecting to restart services in early spring 2009.

According to the company's official website, it serves around 24 transport hubs in USA and Europe.

Posted by Carrie, 28 October 2008 16:16

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