Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has started deploying a B737-8 on its service between Reykjavik Keflavik and Nuuk, ending years of De Havilland Aircraft of Canada turboprop operations on the route. It inaugurated a B737-8 on the route on June 2, following the unveiling of an extended 2,200-metre runway at Nuuk.
Flightradar24 ADS-B data reveals the route was previously served with DHC-8-Q200 and DHC-8-Q400 aircraft, capable of carrying 37 and 76 passengers, respectively. Icelandair's B737-8s feature 144 economy class seats and 16 in business class.
Concurrently with the increase in aircraft gauge, Icelandair reduced the number of frequencies from 3x to 2x weekly flights.
According to ch-aviation Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data, Icelandair's fleet comprises seventeen B737-8s as well as four A321-200NX(LR)s, four B737-9s, eleven B757-200s, three B767-300ERs, and one B767-300ER(BCF). Subsidiary Flugfélag Íslands operates three DHC-8-Q200s and three DHC-8-Q400s. However, the smaller regional aircraft will soon leave the airline's fleet, with the retirement planned in the second half of 2026.
