Decision to cut London-Egilsstaðir flights
The beautiful town of Djúpivogur is a short drive from Egilsstaðir. Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson
The 35 planned direct flights from London to the East Iceland town of Egilsstaðir this summer have been reduced to just nine – due to a lack of interest.
Uptake has been slow, says Clive Stacey, Director of UK travel agency Discover the World, in an interview with Icelandic tourism and travel news website turisti.is (link in Icelandic).
Discover the World announced back in October a new twice-weekly service between the Icelandic town of Egilsstaðir and London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) from 28 May to 24 September 2016.
This schedule has now been slashed – down to a total of just nine round trips in July and August. Passengers with bookings on dropped flights have been offered an alternative itinerary.
“Looking back, we should have offered a shorter season from the start,” Stacey says.
“Brits visiting Iceland want to do the Golden Circle and visit Reykjavik and the Blue Lagoon,” he explains. “Flights to Egilsstaðir do not fit it well with such travel plans.”
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