Icelandair adds Dallas/Fort Worth, taking on Icelandic rival WOW

Two weeks ago, no airlines offered non-stop flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Iceland. Now, there are two. The latest is Icelandair, which said on Tuesday that it will begin flying between DFW and Reykjavik, Iceland. The year-round service will launch May 30, with the carrier offering four flights a week on 183-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft. Connections to about three-dozen cities will be available via the carrier’s hub at Keflavik Airport near Reykjavik. Icelandair’s announcement comes only a week after Icelandic rival WOW Air announced its own nonstop service between DFW and Reykjavik. WOW plans to offer seasonal service on the route starting May 24, flying three times a week on its Airbus A330 jets that seat between 338 and 343 passengers. Icelandair made no mention of WOW in its announcement for DFW, which becomes the company’s 20th destination in the US. "We had been researching DFW for awhile; it was a coincidence that the announcements came so close together," an Icelandair spokesman said. "We are excited to be entering our first gateway in the southern United States and see a very promising future for Dallas."<br/>