Traffic through Keflavík International Airport is now growing rapidly after a sharp contraction that began due to COVID-19 in the first half of 2020. It can be expected that in the coming months, the number of passengers will start to approach the number of passengers in 2019. “A two-year recession is hopefully coming to an end,” says Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson, Chief Commercial and Airport Development Officer at Isavia.

The scope of operations at Keflavík International Airport has been growing day by day in recent weeks. In April, the number of passengers passing through Keflavík International Airport was 82% of what it was in the same month in 2019.

The Icelandic airlines Icelandair and Play are increasing their number of flights, and foreign airlines that offered flights to and from Iceland before the pandemic have returned. This summer, 24 airlines have announced flights to Iceland from 75 destinations over the summer.

“Recovery is faster than we dared to hope for, and the outlook is good, as long as nothing unexpected happens. Of course, it would be great if the number of passengers would be 80–90% of what we had before the pandemic. This is good news for the entire airport