Mýflug

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Mýflug
IATA ICAO Callsign
MYA MYFLUG
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
HubsMývatn Airport, Reykjahlid
Secondary hubsAkureyri Airport, Akureyri
Fleet size4
DestinationsVarious
HeadquartersReykjahlid, Iceland
Key peopleLeifur Hallgrímsson Managing Director
Websitehttp://www.myflug.is

Mýflug (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmiːˌflʏːx]; named after Lake Mývatn in Northern Iceland), also called Myflug Air, is an Icelandic airline established in 1985.[1]

The company operates two different types of airplanes for various roles; Beechcraft Super King Air and Cessna 206. Its main focus is on the ambulance flight service provided to Iceland and charter flights to airfields in Iceland and Greenland.

Mýflug also operates sightseeing flights around Lake Mývatn during the summer months.

Fleet[edit]

(as of March 2020)

Incidents and Accidents[edit]

  • On August 5, 2013, a Beechcraft King Air B200 (TF-MYX), an ambulance flight, crashed on a car racing track just west of Akureyri in the north of Iceland after requesting to fly over the town. 2 pilots and a paramedic were on board. The Captain and the paramedic died, but the co-pilot escaped with minor injuries.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Requirements for AOC holders". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-03-09.

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