It is a Airbus A321 in flamboyant red, which parked for the first time on the tarmac at Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport on 15 July. The low-cost airline PLAY inaugurated its Paris CDG-Reykjavik route.
The French capital joins a network that includes London, Tenerife, Berlin and Alicante. On the same day as Paris, the carrier also launched its first flights on Barcelona. On 21 July, the carrier will also be landing at Copenhagen.
PLAY ensures three to four flights a week between Paris and Iceland's capital. Flights are operated in Single-class Airbus A321neo with 192 seats. The company plans to operate a fleet of six aircraft. This fleet is due to be increased to ten aircraft within three years.
The company embodies the optimism that pervades the whole of Europe.Iceland when it comes to the future growth of air transport. The proof is in the pudding: the launch of work in June on the20,000 m² extension to the terminal building. The future expansion will add four additional boarding lounges with new direct aircraft access bridges. The building will also include new shops. The terminal will eventually be able to handle more than 14 million passengersThis number is expected to rise to around 2035/2040. The country also wants to develop a high-speed rail link between Keflavik airport and Reykjavik.
