Looks like they’re up-gauging to 767 in June - taking advantage after all the other transatlantic carriers have left GLA for EDI.
More likely taking on play
Doubt it. Cashing in on the lack of competition from Transatlantic carriers more like it.
Surely they’re just going to trash their own yields by putting on a 767 purely to take on Play.
Had a quick look at a random return in June. Icelandair wanted an eye watering £540 return and Play a rather steep basic-fare ticket was £260.
Looks like demand is high, perhaps moreso for the onward North American ops which enables both airlines to protect yields when folks only want to go to/from Iceland.
Doubt it. Cashing in on the lack of competition from Transatlantic carriers more like it.
Surely they’re just going to trash their own yields by putting on a 767 purely to take on Play.
Had a quick look at a random return in June. Icelandair wanted an eye watering £540 return and Play a rather steep basic-fare ticket was £260.
Looks like demand is high, perhaps moreso for the onward North American ops which enables both airlines to protect yields when folks only want to go to/from Iceland.
Which only serves to show the US carriers are behaving like sheep all consolidating at EDI.
Hopefully a clear sign that the likes of JetBlue should be able to thrive here.
Doubt it. Cashing in on the lack of competition from Transatlantic carriers more like it.
Surely they’re just going to trash their own yields by putting on a 767 purely to take on Play.
Had a quick look at a random return in June. Icelandair wanted an eye watering £540 return and Play a rather steep basic-fare ticket was £260.
Looks like demand is high, perhaps moreso for the onward North American ops which enables both airlines to protect yields when folks only want to go to/from Iceland.
Jeez, my GLA-KEF-YYZ booking was only £560ish, both the GLA flights are filling nicely though.
Icelandair's B767-319ER TF-ISO parked on stand 33 after diverting in on FI543 CDG-KEF. This was once very much a GLA resident/regular, as Globespan's G-CDPT from 2006 until closure, although it did spend several spells out on lease.
PiperOne wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:38 pm
Icelandair's B767-319ER TF-ISO parked on stand 33 after diverting in on FI543 CDG-KEF. This was once very much a GLA resident/regular, as Globespan's G-CDPT from 2006 until closure, although it did spend several spells out on lease.
Had a quick look at a random return in June. Icelandair wanted an eye watering £540 return and Play a rather steep basic-fare ticket was £260.
Looks like demand is high, perhaps moreso for the onward North American ops which enables both airlines to protect yields when folks only want to go to/from Iceland.
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I also looked at Icelandair from Glasgow. The cheapest way to get to Iceland is to fly to Frankfurt then lie over for 11 hours and go from Frankfurt to Kef - for just over £250 when I checked. I have looked at flights from PLAY and they seem much more in line with that, so lets hope Iceair gets their prices down
southflyer wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 5:39 pm
A quick search for GLA-BOS for a random week in July has PLAY at £1,100 return, Icelandair at £1,600 and BA/AA at just £540.
Presumably the BA/AA is GLA-LHR-BOS-LHR-GLA? Decent fares right enough.
IMG_20230421_170620 TF-ISO GLA by Fergus Abraham, on Flickr