Icelandair removes MAXs from flight schedule through October
Icelandair will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through the end of October as uncertainty about when the grounded aircraft will return to service drags on. The carrier has 5 MAX 8s and 1 MAX 9 in its fleet, all of which are grounded. Two of the 737-8s are owned by the airline; the remainder are leased in. Icelandair has an additional 3 -8s and six-9s on order. To minimise passenger impact, Icelandair has been operating 5 leased aircraft during the summer season. The airline has wet-leased 2 Boeing 767s, temporarily acquired a 757, and brought in 2 Bombardier Q400s from domestic carrier Air Iceland Connect to make up for the shortfall in seats during the grounding. The leasing agreements of 2 of the aircraft will expire at the end of August while the other 3 will be in operation until the end of September. <br/>
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Icelandair removes MAXs from flight schedule through October
Icelandair will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through the end of October as uncertainty about when the grounded aircraft will return to service drags on. The carrier has 5 MAX 8s and 1 MAX 9 in its fleet, all of which are grounded. Two of the 737-8s are owned by the airline; the remainder are leased in. Icelandair has an additional 3 -8s and six-9s on order. To minimise passenger impact, Icelandair has been operating 5 leased aircraft during the summer season. The airline has wet-leased 2 Boeing 767s, temporarily acquired a 757, and brought in 2 Bombardier Q400s from domestic carrier Air Iceland Connect to make up for the shortfall in seats during the grounding. The leasing agreements of 2 of the aircraft will expire at the end of August while the other 3 will be in operation until the end of September. <br/>
