Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja (1983–2010) was a

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based on the Vestmannaeyjar

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. It was founded to provide aviation services for the people of Vestmannaeyjar and also tourists visiting Vestmannaeyjar. It operated both scheduled and charter services along with sightseeing and cargo flights. It also took care of all ambulance flights from Vestmannaeyjar. The airline is no longer operational.

History

The airline was founded in 1983 to attract more tourists to Vestmannaeyjar and provide services to the inhabitants. In 2001 Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja started scheduled flights between Vestmannaeyjar and Bakki, and 30.000 passengers are carried on this flight each year. With the impending opening of a new harbor and ferry terminal close to Bakki airport and with dwindling business the airline has ceased operations as of May 2010.Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja missti sjúkraflugið
(icelandic)

Destinations

As of May 2009, Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja served the following destinations: * Bakki -

Bakki Airport Bakki Airport is an airport on the southern coast of Iceland, used mainly for short-haul flights to and from the Westman Islands. Statistics Passengers and movements See also * Transport in Iceland * List of airports in Iceland This is a ...

Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to ...

Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a town on the banks of Ölfusá river in the Árborg municipality in southern Iceland. Selfoss Airport is privately owned. The Selfoss non-directional beacon (Ident: SE) is located on the field. ...

Heimaey Heimaey (), is an Icelandic island. At , it is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, and the largest and most populated island off the Icelandic coast. Heimaey is off the south coast of Iceland. It is the only populated isla ...

Vestmannaeyjar Airport Vestmannaeyjar Airport ( is, Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur ) is a two-runway airport on the island of Heimaey, in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. It is also known as Westman Islands Airport. Opera ...

Fleet

Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja fleet (as of April 2008): *2

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*1 Britten Norman Islander

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Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flugfelag Vestmannaeyja Defunct airlines of Iceland Airlines established in 1983 Airlines disestablished in 2010