COLUMBIA, Md.,
Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Icelandair will terminate services
from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI),
effective
January 13, 2008, due to escalating costs and decreasing revenues.
"We are fine-tuning the Icelandair route network and our capacity in an effort
to increase profitability," said
Jon Karl Olafsson, president and CEO of
Icelandair.
Mid-Atlantic area travelers may be accommodated on Icelandair's flights to
Iceland and beyond via Boston and New York-JFK, where additional flights will
expand capacity up to two flights daily in peak season next year.
Icelandair will offer year round service from Canada beginning April 21,
2008 in Halifax and May 2, 2008 in Toronto. Icelandair continues US operations
in Boston, New York-JFK, Minneapolis/St. Paul (seasonal) and Orlando Sanford.
Icelandair services some 20 destinations in Scandinavia, Great Britain and
Continental Europe through its hub in Reykjavik, Iceland.