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Isavia

Isavia ohf. is the national airport and air navigation service provider of Iceland. The company operates all public airports and air navigation services in a vast area in the north-eastern Atlantic. The company headquarters is at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík.

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Isavia ohf.
Company type
State owned
Industry
Founded30 January 1945 (as Flugmálastjórn)
31 January 2010 (as Isavia)
HeadquartersReykjavík Airport
Reykjavík, Iceland
Area served
Iceland
Key people
Number of employees
830 (including subsidiaries 1040)1
ParentGovernment of Iceland
Subsidiaries
  • Tern Systems
  • Avians (Isavia ANS)
  • Suluk ApS
Websiteisavia.is

Isavia ohf. is the national airport and air navigation service provider of Iceland. The company operates all public airports and air navigation services in a vast area in the north-eastern Atlantic. The company headquarters is at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík.2

History

The enterprise was founded in 1945 as the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (Flugmálastjórn Íslands).3 With the creation of the government enterprise Flugstodir ltd. in 2006, the operational services were separated from the regulatory authority of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. 31 January 2010 Flugstodir and Keflavik International Airport Ltd. were merged into a private limited company with 100 per cent state ownership, Isavia ltd.4

Airports

Isavia operates all public airports in Iceland. A total of 2,165,423 international passengers and 781,357 domestic passengers passed through these airports in 2011.5

References

References

  1. Isavia. "Employees". Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. "[1] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Isavia Annual Report. Retrieved on 5 September 2012.
  3. Böðvarsson, Sturla (15 March 2005). "Flugmálastjórn sextíu ára" (in Icelandic). Innviðaráðuneytið. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. Isavia. "Isavia History". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. Isavia. "Iceland 2011 Aviation Fact File" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
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