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General Information - Reykjavik Iceland as a MICE destination

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8 8 AIR ICELAND Air Iceland is an enterprising and modern airline that offers scheduled flights to des na ons in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Reykjavik is a very relaxed and accessible capital city with hardly any cultural class division and friendly a tude towards all visitors. The city is compact with almost no traffic compared to other capital ci es so no me is wasted in logis cs. All venues are within walking distance from the city centre (5—20 minutes) and all venues and hotels in the greater Reykjavik capital area are within 15 minutes driving distance from each other. In addi on all corners of Iceland are reachable by domes c flight, with flying me of less than 1 hour from the domes c airport located in the city centre. ACCESSIBILITY PRE-COVID Iceland is highly accessible. As it is situated in the middle of the Atlan c Ocean midway between Europe and North America flights are frequent to and from both con nents. Meet your friends and colleagues midway at this perfect loca on for conven ons, events and incen ves. There are more weekly flights from Keflavik airport to N-America than from Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm altogether and twice as many than from Copenhagen. 28 interna onal airlines have scheduled flights during high season 2019 to 92 des na ons. During low season 2019/2020 15 airlines serve 65 des na ons.Icelandair operates its hub between USA and Europe. Icelandair has made codeshare agreement with Finnair, SAS, Alaska Airlines, Jetblue, WestJest, Porter Airlines, Rossiya and Air Greenland. The interna onal airport is 50 km from Reykjavik with 45 minutes traveling me by car, taxi or flybus to the city centre. VISAS Iceland is part of the Nordic Passport Union and included in the Schengen Area. All persons holding a valid Schengen visa in their travel document do not need a VISA for entry to Iceland. ICELANDAIR Icelandair rates among the most punctual airlines in Europe and lands near the top in all key areas in AEA (Associa on of European Airlines) consumer reports. Icelandair was awarded a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award for being in the top ten best airlines in Europe.

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