Sigurdur Helgason (mathematician)
Sigurdur Helgason may refer to: * Sigurdur Helgason (airline executive) (1921–2009), innovator in low-cost airlines * Sigurður Helgason (mathematician) (born 1927), Icelandic mathematician * Sigurður Helgason (basketball) Sigurður Már Helgason (born 29 April 1940) is an Icelandic former basketball player and businessman. He played several seasons in the Icelandic Basketball Tournament and was a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. Club career Sigu ...

Sigurdur Helgason (airline Executive)
Sigurður Helgason (July 20, 1921 – February 8, 2009) was an innovator in low-cost airlines. Helgason is credited with pioneering the "hippie airline", Loftleiðir, that made low-cost air travel to Europe possible for generations of Americans. Biography Born July 20, 1921, in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavík, Sigurður Helgason came to the United States in his 20s and graduated with a business degree from Columbia University in New York in 1947. He then returned to Iceland, where he managed a cement company. In 1953, Helgason joined the board of Loftleiðir, a small airline that had been formed by three pilots nine years earlier. At the time, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) controlled its members' fares. As a non-member, Loftleiðir, or Icelandic Airlines in English, was able t