Alfreð Elíasson (1920 - 1988) was an
Icelandic businessman who founded and served as president of
Loftleidir
Loftleiðir HF, internationally known as Icelandic Airlines (abbreviated IAL) or Loftleiðir Icelandic, was a private Icelandic airline headquartered on the grounds of Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, which operated mostly trans-atlantic fligh ...
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Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines was formed in 1944 with a single engine, three passenger plane of
Stinson Reliant
The Stinson Reliant is a popular single-engine four- to five-seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan.
Design and development
The Reliant is a high-win ...
make, Loftleiðir grew to become one of the major carriers of the North Atlantic in the 1960s and early 1970s pioneering low-cost air travel over the Atlantic.
He has had his story made into a documentary film called ''Alfred Eliasson & Loftleiðir Icelandic'' made in 2009 in Iceland, which tells the story of the airline and Alfred, narrated in Icelandic by
Arnar Jónsson.
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Alfred Eliasson
1920 births
1988 deaths
Airline founders
Alfred Eliasson
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