PLAY

By David Casey
Iceland's Play is deepening its transition to a hybrid business model, expanding wet-lease operations and doubling down on point-to-point leisure flying.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Icelandic carrier Play has secured an air operator certificate for its new Maltese subsidiary as part of a restructuring process.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Icelandic airline Play announced a new wet-lease agreement that would boost profitability and improve predictability of its income.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair expects improvement on yields as local competitor Play enacts changes to its business model and significant capacity cuts on North Atlantic routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Iceland’s Play is shifting its focus away from connecting traffic between Europe and North America.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Einar Örn Ólafsson, one of the LCC's largest shareholders, is replacing Birgin Jónsson, who has led the airline since its 2021 launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
PLAY had flagged a need to strengthen liquidity after a series of external factors adversely impacted the airline’s full-year results.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Icelandic Airbus A320/A321neo operator PLAY has canceled letters of intent (LOIs) for two aircraft that were scheduled to join its fleet in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
European carriers tack through myriad challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
For the week commencing Dec. 4, airlines serving Keflavik airport have cut 2.1% of the seats they expected to operate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Icelandic LCC PLAY, which currently operates a fleet of 10 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, sees 2024 as a year of stabilization ahead of further growth in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandic LCC Play Airlines says it is well-prepared for the upcoming winter season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandic LCC Play Airlines is in preliminary negotiations to add one Airbus aircraft for the 2024 summer season and four aircraft in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp, David Casey
The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The airline’s North America network will now extend to five destinations.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in January, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Sweden’s capital Stockholm will join the LCC’s network from next March.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
Airports & Networks