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Will Icelandair Be Getting 787s At All?  
User currently offlineKaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11950 posts, RR: 37
Posted (4 years 11 months 15 hours ago) and read 2053 times:

I noticed recently that FI will be leasing two of its 787s to another operator; I was just wondering if FI itself will be planning to operate any 787s on its own scheduled flights?

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User currently offlineGST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 927 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 12 hours ago) and read 1926 times:

I cant imagine them leasing all of their 787s, but compared to other large aircraft operators they do have a relatively small network (1 hub, 24 destinations, mostly medium haul), so I dont see them requiring too many. Personally I think the other 4 787s they have on order should be easily sufficient for their needs. Buying 2 to lease is a good investment IMO.

User currently offlineBOStonsox From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 1886 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1537 times:

The 787 would only make sense for routes in which Icelandair would connect people. Moscow and India are the most likely IMO.

User currently offlineScalebuilder From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1422 times:

Iceland is going through a fiscal crisis right now, so Icelandair may be planning ahead for a downturn in not just international traffic originating in Iceland but generally decreased demand for any kind of international transit traffic that they depend heavily on.

Those 787's will be hard to pay for, even in depreciating US $$'s, knowing that the Icelandic currency is weaker than it has been today from what I can remember. You would have to go back to the 80's to find the Icelandic currency weaker than it is today.

User currently offlineEgmcman From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 898 posts, RR: 9
Reply 4, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1193 times:



Quoting Kaitak (Thread starter):
noticed recently that FI will be leasing two of its 787s to another operator; I was just wondering if FI itself will be planning to operate any 787s on its own scheduled flights?

I could be wrong but I always thought they were for the leasing division.
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