Play plans further expansion as full schedule takes off

Icelandic airline Play is to take supply of 4 new Airbus plane this winter to permit the start-up transatlantic provider to additional broaden providers from spring 2023.

The 4 new A320/321neo plane will convey Play’s fleet as much as 10 in time for the summer season 2023 schedule when it plans to develop its transatlantic “hub and spoke” mannequin connecting Europe with the US through its Reykjavik hub.

Play, which launched transatlantic services in spring 2022, carried 110,000 passengers in July, which was a 25 per cent enhance on June’s site visitors, because it operated six plane to 25 locations on either side of the Atlantic. The airline’s load issue additionally rose to 87.9 per cent in July, in contrast with 79.2 per cent in June.

Birgir Jonsson, CEO of Play, stated: “It’s been nice seeing so many new locations and the complete transatlantic community come into play over the previous few weeks, and the optimistic impact it has had on our community.”

Jonsson added that its circulation of future bookings was “robust” and the airline was now benefiting from a fall in gasoline costs.