A 160-seat Boeing 737MAX will be used for flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays through October 30, 2023.
MA QUINCY – The nonstop, seasonal service between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Reykjavik, Iceland, has officially begun. Four times every week at 8:30 p.m., flight 872 is planned to leave the Motor City for Keflavk International Airport (KEF) and arrive in Iceland at 6:30 a.m.
Returning passenger flight 873 will leave Iceland for Michigan at 4:55 p.m. and land at Detroit Metropolitan Airport at 7:20 p.m. the same day. A 160-seat Boeing 737MAX will be used for flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays through October 30, 2023.
There are connections available at Icelandair’s Keflavk hub to more than 25 locations in Iceland, Greenland, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and continental Europe on the roughly six-hour journey from DTW to Iceland. Along the way to their ultimate destination, Icelandair customers can stopover there for up to 7 nights at no additional cost.
“Icelandair is happy to give Detroiters a new, energising option for travelling to Europe. Our additional flights will provide business and vacationers from Michigan more opportunities to travel to Iceland and other places, according to Bogi. President and CEO of Icelandair Group Nils Bogason. “These additional flights will make Detroit a viable gateway in our network by allowing for both incoming and outgoing travel, therefore promoting tourism and trade to and from the Motor City. We are eager to have Detroit on board and are thrilled to assist in bridging Motown with Europe.
Detroit, the hub of American car production and the famed Motown music industry, is the second-largest regional economy in the American Midwest. DTW shares the title of “Best Airport of 25 to 40 million passengers in North America” with Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, according to a recent assessment by Airports Council International. Passengers passing through the Motor City can connect at DTW to over 125 destinations.
According to Chad Newton, CEO of the Wayne County Airport Authority, “geothermal springs, breathtaking vistas of the northern lights, and active volcanoes are just five and a half hours distant from Detroit Metropolitan Airport for our clients. “We’re prepared to reintroduce Iceland to the Midwest. We think two further factors that will influence people to pick DTW are nonstop service to Iceland and the availability of connections to other locations across Europe.
Source: traveldailynews